The number of COVID-19 patients hospitalized at Texas Medical Center institutions has continued its decline, with a 26% drop in just one week, the medical center has reported in its data dashboard.
On Oct. 18, the medical center reported that the number of COVID-19 patients hospitalized in its institutions had dropped to 799, down from 1,081 a week prior.
Other metrics tracked by the medical center—weekly average hospitalizations, intensive care unit capacity, and the number of ICU patients—show similar declines.
For instance, the hospitalizations the medical center was seeing each day on average from Oct. 11-17 was 108, down over 25% from the 145 patients seen a week before. For context, that compares to 328 hospitalizations the medical center was seeing each day on average from Sept. 6-12, and at its peak, 390 hospitalizations from Aug. 16-22, according to the Texas Medical Center data.
