Texas hospitalized more than 8,000 COVID-19 patients on Sunday, based on data from the COVID Tracking Project.
That is a record for the Lone Star State.
The number of people hospitalized with COVID-19 grew by at least 5% in 23 states based on a seven-day average through Sunday, according to a CNBC analysis of the data. Among those states are Arizona, California, Georgia, and Nevada.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott suspended elective surgeries in eight counties last week. Hospitals in Starr and Hidalgo counties are at full capacity, and Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner has said hospitals in his city could be overwhelmed in about two weeks.
Last Monday, Dr. Cara Crist, director of the Arizona Department of Health Services, activated crisis standards of care for Arizona’s hospitals in response to the virus surge. Eighty-nine percent of intensive care unit beds are currently occupied in Arizona.
Some hospitals in Florida have voluntarily restricted elective surgeries. Miami-Dade County Mayor Carlos Gimenez announced Monday he is ordering Miami restaurants to stop in-person dining. Florida had more than 21,000 news cases over the weekend.
As of Sunday, coronavirus cases were growing in 36 states across the United States.
