STARR COUNTY, Texas ā There is a growing COVID-19 crisis just south of San Antonio in the Rio Grande Valley.
āEmergency rooms are holding patients for hours or days because, basically, we do not have any rooms inside the hospital to put those patients,ā said Dr. Jose Vazquez, Starr County health authority.
About 70,000 people live in Starr County, and more than 1,600 of its residents have tested positive for COVID-19.
Starr County Memorial Hospital said its COVID-19 unit is filled with 29 patients.
As of Wednesday morning, the hospital held nine patients for admission and transferred two patients to San Antonio hospitals.