East Texas mayor, Gregg County Health Authority give insight on COVID-19 increase
Region G Hospitalizations By Jamey Boyum | January 5, 2021 at 6:46 PM CST - Updated January 6 at 1:43 AM
EAST TEXAS (KLTV) - The COVID-19 hospitalization rate has been above 15 percent of total capacity for 22 days straight. On Tuesday, Trauma Service Area G was reported at just over 21 percent. Gregg County Health Authority, and a local mayor who issued a warning about spreading COVID-19, share more about this situation.
Gregg County Health Authority Dr. Lewis Browne and Pittsburg Mayor David Abernathy aren’t in the same counties, but they are both in Trauma Service Area G, where hospital ICU beds are filling up.