Dr. Natasha Kathuria, an emergency room physician in Texas, says some hospitals are running out of COVID-19 tests as the state reported 175 new coronavirus deaths, a record for a single day.
"We need rapid tests," Kathuria told Fox News' "The Daily Briefing."
"We can't do this send-out, three, four-day turnaround on these tests. And some of the hospitals that have rapid testing are running out, and this cannot be an issue."
She added: "I can't believe we're so many months into this pandemic and testing, PPE [personal protective equipment], nursing shortages, all this stuff is still an issue that we're battling every day."
Texas recorded 10,256 new positive coronavirus cases on Friday, an increase of 14,916 in one day. The statewide death toll now stands at 3,735.
Texas is one of 18 states in the coronavirus "red zone," according to a document prepared for the White House Coronavirus Task Force.
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