Author: Jennifer Prohov (WFAA)
Published: 12:28 PM CDT June 17, 2020
Updated: 2:05 PM CDT June 17, 2020
There are now at least 2,793 people currently hospitalized across Texas with COVID-19, the highest number the state has seen since the pandemic began. That number jumped up by 275 more people from Tuesday's statewide report, which had again broken records for hospitalizations following days of increasing record highs.
Across North Texas, at least 859 people infected with the coronavirus are currently hospitalized, according to state officials,
another new record high for the region as well. That number jumped by about 100 people in just one day.North Texas as a region now has the highest number of COVID-19 patients hospitalized in the state, surpassing the region around Houston, which had previously been the state leader.
Those numbers are now up 65% locally and 85% statewide since Memorial Day.