PPE and medical supplies to be used by members of the Urban Augmentation Medical Task Force, are shown inside a wing at United Memorial Medical Center in Houston, Texas. A fast-rising tide of new coronavirus cases is flooding emergency rooms in parts of the United States, with some patients moved into hallways and nurses working extra shifts to keep up with the surge. In Texas, Dr. Alison Haddock of the Baylor College of Medicine said the current situation is worse than after Hurricane Harvey, which swamped Houston with floodwaters in 2017. The state reported a new daily record for virus deaths Friday and more than 10,000 confirmed cases for the fourth consecutive day. “I’ve never seen anything like this COVID surge,” said Haddock, who has worked in emergency rooms since 2007.

Source: The Standard July 19, 2020 07:18 UTC