In an interview with CNBC’s “Squawk Box,” Boom said that about 60 percent of coronavirus patients in the hospital system are younger than 50 as infections in Houston continue to surge. When coronavirus was first affecting the city, about 40 percent of patients in the eight-hospital system were younger than 50. Boom encouraged all Houstonians to help decrease the spread of the virus that’s ripping through the metropolis. In the midst of more coronavirus patients coming through hospital doors, he said there is some positive news about how the virus is affecting hospitalization numbers. Boom said his hospital system always runs at about 90 to 95 percent of its intensive care unit capacity, which it is doing now.

Source: Washington Post June 29, 2020 04:25 UTC