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By Madeline Holcombe and Holly Yan, CNN
Updated 5:08 PM ET, Mon August 9, 2021
(CNN)The crush of patients infected with the Delta variant is affecting hospitals nationwide. Now some Texans trying to get care at their nearest emergency room will have to go elsewhere.
Hunt Regional Medical Center at Commerce said its ER is temporarily closing “due to a critical Covid surge.”
Those suffering a medical emergency should “proceed to the nearest emergency room in Greenville or Quinlan,” the hospital said.
Texas Health Hospital in Rockwall said in its temporary ER closure would allow medical staff to transfer to the hospital’s main campus, where they “will provide care related to the pandemic,” according to the hospital’s website.
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Article URL : https://www.cnn.com/2021/08/09/health/us-coronavirus-monday/index.html