shortage of nurses. texas reported 95,000 new cases in the last week according to johns hopkins data. only florida has reported more new infections. joining me now is the president and ceo of harris health systems which runs the lbj hospital. thank you very much for being with me. i read that at the end of june, you had one covid patient in your hospitals. couple weeks later, there were 14. how many do you have today? exactly i can t tell you. good afternoon, first of all. thank you for having me. 1 122. wow. let me start by thanking the health care staff, doctors, nurses, everybody else dealing with this pandemic for now almost 18 months. not just in harris health system but all the hospitals across the harris county, the state of texas and in this nation and
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