Back then, ICU nurse Tanna Ingraham was fighting the disease herself, after getting it from a patient, she thinks. Lone Star State is reelingAbout 40% of Covid-19 patients at the hospital are from other parts of the state reeling from the pandemic. Bri Smith works with foreign exchange students and recently moved to Columbus, about 73 miles west of Houston. Varon says patients are coming in sicker now, after having waited longer to seek medical care. Richard Gonzales thought he could tough it out, so he resisted for a week going to the hospital.

Source: CNN December 23, 2020 01:20 UTC