Evening news -
Another record breaking day of new cases in TX. 27% of Travis Co. new cases are in the 20-30 age group. 20% of all TX CV deaths happened this last week.
Austin, TX getting 3 refrigerated trucks. San Antonio also getting refrigerated trucks.
TEA gives schools permission to go virtual for first 8 weeks.
The Floating Cinema will be in Austin for one week starting on September 23rd. Rent a boat for 8 passengers to watch a movie on the lake.
With no beds from CV, now hospitals are worrying about the up tick in west nile virus patients.
More pg women testing positive.
https://www.kvue.com/article/news/health/coronavirus/coronavirus-texas-hospitals-icu-capacity-reddit-post-texas-nurse/269-dde18c27-42c5-4c3e-ae46-01f193017a72 - “A post that gained a lot of traction on Reddit chronicled the COVID-19 situation at St. David’s South Austin Medical Center and painted a dire picture. The Reddit poster – who has since deleted the post and claims to be a registered nurse at the hospital – said that ICU beds were full and dead patients were taking up rooms because the morgue was full...FEMA is sending med surg nurses to assist starting next week... “ IV pumps are outside the rooms so health care workers can save on PPEs. KVUE.com verified the story is true.
San Antonio is already using 2 refrigerated trucks which holds up to 36 bodies.
Nearly 1/3 of children tested for COVID in Florida are positive. Palm Beach County’s health director warns of risk of long-term damage
“They are seeing there is damage to the lungs in these asymptomatic children. ... We don’t know how that is going to manifest a year from now or two years from now,”