Why a Harris County Judge Says He’s Not Ready to Reduce Covid-19 Danger Levels Yet But He Can Do It Soon

Ha Ou Stun – Key metrics such as infection rates and ICU hospital admissions are down for the first time in months, Harris County Judge Leena Hidalgo says.

Currently, Harris County is at the highest risk level: Red Level 1.

Hidalgo 2 told KPRC on Monday that the COVID-19 threat level system is back on the scaling horizon from Orange.

“We can go to Orange in a few days, you know, in a week or two. If we continue it. If those trends keep going down, but it’s on all of us. We are not there at all, we are very close, ”he said.

Hidalgo pointed to positive signs such as hospitalization, ICU. With the number of patients undergoing treatment in COVID-19.

“Another indicator that comes to us to go orange is the percentage of ICU that is covid positive which is below 15% and we have crossed that today,” he said.

Hidalgo said, but other numbers don’t need to be where.

“The positivity rate in Harris County is about %% which we need to be at five. There is another case count. We are seeing an average of 5050 cases a day or so we need to have 40,000.

Doctors agree that the overall story of Harris County’s current coronavirus data is positive but warn residents that they will not abandon the health and safety system.

“The only reason we’re doing better is because we’re masking, bridging the gap, managing the behavior, avoiding gathering people in small spaces, avoiding public gatherings, all with good and hard work. It’s really getting paid and that’s why we have control. “Right now there is a virus and it needs to continue,” said Dr. James of Baylor College Medical. Said James McDavit.

Experts warn that this number could rise again in the coming weeks with Labor Day and potential new cases of new students returning to personal study.

On Monday, Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner also said the area is on the right. Turner said the city’s positivity rate is at 6.1% and is going down. However, the rate of positivity is declining, it has not reached the target of 5% and below.