NEW: U.S. reporting more than 800 COVID deaths per day, marking highest average in five months.
Texas' Department of State Health Services is sending 2,500 medical workers to support the state's overwhelmed health care facilities, including hospitals and nursing homes, Gov. Greg Abbott said Thursday.Dr. Michael Nguyen tends to a patient in a hallway at the Houston Methodist The Woodlands Hospital in Houston, Aug. 18, 2021.
This follows the 5,600 medical workers, mostly nurses and respiratory therapists, previously dispatched to the state's hospitals. Texas' Department of State Health Services is also offering more medical equipment including ventilators and hospital beds, the governor said. Texas had 13,928 COVID-19 patients in hospitals as of Wednesday evening, nearing the state's record of 14,218 patients in January.
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