By Sahar Chmais

As of Aug. 2, 14 Intensive Care Unit beds remain available in the Trauma Service Area (TSA) O, which serves Hays County, Travis County and other counties.

The number of available ICU beds reached seven availabilities on July 31 and has gone up to 14 available beds –but the number of COVID-19 patients in ICU has been increasing. On July 22, there were 99 patients in ICU due to the virus, but as of Aug. 2, 164 COVID-19 patients sit in ICU.

A total of 12.5% of the hospitalization...