Inside the Houston surge

Full emergency rooms. Expanded ICUs. Double shifts. 3 a.m. phone calls to patients’ families. A look inside the hospitals at Texas Medical Center in Houston — the epicenter of the state’s new surge in coronavirus cases. Read more: As coronavirus cases skyrocket across Texas, hospitals grapple with patient influxes . At least 135,000 people have died from coronavirus in the U.S. Tell us how you feel about Post Reports –– and all The Washington Post’s audio projects –– by filling out this survey.