BREAKING: Texas reported a record-setting 10,826 new coronavirus cases Tuesday
The number exceeds the state’s previous high of 10,791 cases set in mid-July during a severe coronavirus surge 1/ atxne.ws/3nD7Nmr
The number exceeds the state’s previous high of 10,791 cases set in mid-July during a severe coronavirus surge 1/ atxne.ws/3nD7Nmr
El Paso, Lubbock, Amarillo, Midland-Odessa, San Angelo and Laredo have surpassed a 15% hospitalization threshold set by @GregAbbott_TX that triggers tighter restrictions 2/ atxne.ws/3nD7Nmr
@GregAbbott_TX “This is a really concerning time, a really critical time for the pandemic."
The rising numbers, which mirror much of the rest of the country, come as the holidays approach, alarming public health experts 3/ atxne.ws/3nD7Nmr
The rising numbers, which mirror much of the rest of the country, come as the holidays approach, alarming public health experts 3/ atxne.ws/3nD7Nmr
@GregAbbott_TX No region of Texas has been hit harder than El Paso in recent weeks, where coronavirus hospitalizations make up more than 40% of the area’s total hospital capacity 4/ atxne.ws/3nD7Nmr
@GregAbbott_TX Despite the area's numbers, nonessential businesses have been allowed to remain open after an appeals court recently blocked a local stay-home order 5/ atxne.ws/3nD7Nmr
@GregAbbott_TX “We’ve been here before," @GregAbbott_TX said in an interview last week. "Remember, we had this skyrocket rise in July... people just need to return to those safe practices in the immediate time frame.” 6/ atxne.ws/3nD7Nmr
@GregAbbott_TX A new analysis from the @UTAustin Modeling Consortium, which takes into account the number of people who were never tested, estimates that more than 16% of Texans have been infected by the virus at this point 7/7 atxne.ws/3nD7Nmr
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