Hospital beds are filling up across North Texas with more and more people being treated for COVID-19.
Officials say there are currently more than 3,500 people hospitalized across North Texas, and pediatric beds are very scarce.
Dallas County reported a three-day total of over 3,800 new COVID-19 cases yesterday. And Tarrant County reported more than 1,600 new cases on Tuesday alone.
Across the state, more than 23,000 new positive COVID-19 cases were reported. And the Delta variant, which is responsible for most of the new cases, is making it harder to reach herd immunity.
The problem is that the Delta variant has put the state further back from herd immunity, but also moved the goal line further out.
Steve Miff is the CEO of Parkland Center for Clinical Innovation and says we are around 76% right now, but the state, with Delta, needs to get in the mid 90s to achieve herd immunity.
Miff says one thing that will help tremendously is when children under age 12 get approved for the vaccine.
Miff says with so many unvaccinated children getting the virus, this will go a long way in easing the spike in new cases.
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