Texas State Health Services Commissioner John Hellerstat informed the county that he was proud. The need for stricter sanctions has been reached under Greg Abbott’s COVID-19 executive order.
These include bar closures, reducing restaurant capacity by up to 50% and canceling most alternative medical procedures in hospitals. It affects counties related to the Texas Trauma Service Area R, including Brazoria, Chambers, Galveston, Hardin, Jasper, Jefferson, Liberty, Newton and Orange counties. Businesses from Beaumont to Galveston are affected by the rollback, although Harris County and Houston are not.
Henry said, “We saw this and sent many requests to the state as to why they should not trust the information they have. We have not received any acceptance of our request.” “We have tried to explain that Galveston County is in the Trauma Service area, the TSA, which extends from Georgia County to Louisiana State Line to Jasper, and tries to impose a one size fits all solution for a wide area of a geographic area. Really ridiculous. “
James Clark, president of the Galveston Chapter of the Texas Restaurant Association, explains that one can trade or break a trade, especially in our really dry times of January and February.
Galveston County has seen a total of 259 additional new COVID-19 cases in two days, according to the Galveston County Health District, which was released Monday in Galveston County. A total of 17,686 county residents have tested positive for coronavirus since mid-March, according to the Texas Department of State Health Services VVID-19 dashboard. As of Tuesday, 200 deaths have been blamed for the virus, according to a dashboard report.
See also: The number of new COVID-19 cases has risen nearly 300% daily since the end of October in Westwest County.
Henry said he continues to oppose new restrictions, including re-closing bars and other businesses, as well as reducing capacity in places such as restaurants. Hospitals According to Abbott’s order issued in October, bars and other businesses in the state’s territories are to be closed with hospital admissions rates.
“High hospital admissions areas” means any continuous seven days of trauma service area in which the number of patients admitted to CIVID-19 hospital as a percentage of total hospital capacity is more than 15%. As far as the order is concerned, the number of patients admitted to Kovid-19 hospital as a percentage of total hospital capacity is 15 per cent or less.
The Texas Trauma Service Area R, which includes Brazoria, Chambers, Hardin, Jasper, Jefferson, Liberty, Newton and Orange counties, also had 248 beds available from 1,474 beds, including eight in the ICU on Tuesday. About 1,106 people were hospitalized on Monday, according to TDSHS data. Henry disputed that number on Tuesday.
“It’s guilty data,” Henry said without giving evidence.
When the bar should be closed according to the governor’s order, Henry said the Galveston County Sheriff does not have the resources to enforce it.
“I spoke to the sheriff this morning. He has no tools to enforce this. I spoke to the district attorney this morning, he warned everyone against filing charges because he probably won’t take them,” Henry said. Said. “The state’s TABC (Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission) has its own police force.”
Galveston and Texas City saw 2,595 and 2,340 cases, respectively, and Friendswood saw a total of 1,014 cases, according to GHCD figures. More than a quarter of the total cases – 4,000 or 28% – have occurred in League City, and three out of 10 of the 1,427 cases currently active are in League City.
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