https://www.tarrantcounty.com/en/public-health/disease-control---prevention/COVID-19.html
12/21 - 231 COVID patients
12/29 - 533 COVID patients
That's a 131% increase in cases in 8 days.
In the UK, more than half of the hospital patients with COVID19 were admitted to the hospital for something else and were diagnosed with COVID19 while in the hospital.
How many of the hospitalization are the same in the USA?