Texas is averaging 38 to 43 new hospitalizations every day of children with COVID-19. When Dallas ran out of pediatric ICU beds last week, Dallas County judge Clay Jenkins made clear how dire the situation was when he said any child who needed an ICU bed “will wait for another child to die.” As of August 16, children’s inpatient hospital beds in the Dallas–Fort Worth area were 93 percent full, and Texas Children’s Hospital had nearly 30 children suffering from both RSV infections and COVID-19.

“A Recipe For Disaster”: Two Viruses Surge as Texas Children Return to School – Texas Monthly