With new variants circulating, KVUE spoke with sufferers battling this wave of coronavirus.
AUSTIN, Texas — COVID-19 instances and hospitalizations are rising in Central Texas. With new variants circulating, knowledge reveals how the virus is wanting in Austin.
“We’re seeing these small will increase in COVID outdoors of the respiratory virus season,” stated Dr. Scott Lindquist, a medical epidemiologist in Washington state, the place the virus is swelling as properly.
Though not near what was seen within the first three years of the pandemic, hospitalizations are again on the rise.
The Texas Division of State Well being Providers reveals in its most up-to-date reporting week, there are greater than 3,000 possible and confirmed instances of COVID-19 within the state. Hospitalizations proceed to rise too, with the CDC citing practically a 35% enhance within the final couple of weeks in Texas.
“Examined Wednesday and it got here up optimistic. And I am like, that is nice. So, after which I began to have a fever,” stated Alli Clarke of Spherical Rock.
Clarke is without doubt one of the Central Texans coping with this swell of COVID-19.
“Fever caught round for most likely like two-ish days. Two, three [days], fever broke and simply type of felt that physique ache type of the entire time,” stated Clarke.
She’s not alone. A current submit in an Austin thread on the social media platform Reddit reveals a whole bunch of native commenters who’ve additionally come down with the virus.
Clarke says she’s had COVID-19 earlier than, however that is for certain her worst spherical.
“That is positively the worst one. The others had been extra so survivable the place I am like, OK, I type of really feel unhealthy, but it surely’s bearable. This was like, oh man, I actually need to take one thing. This was very unhealthy,” stated Clarke.
As all the time, docs and different officers are urging you to remain house and lined up with a high-quality masks should you really feel sick.
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