AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – Texas on Tuesday passed 500,000 confirmed cases of coronavirus as a Republican government. Greg Abbott suggested meetings for family and neighborhood are behind a sharp increase in the rate of positive testing, which has climbed to record levels just as schools begin to open across the …
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Corpus Christi, already beset by a spike in COVID-19 cases, now faces the dangers of Tropical Storm Hanna. The National Hurricane Center issued a hurricane warning for a section of the Texas coast from Baffin Bay to Sargent, an area that includes Corpus Christi Bay, Copany Bay, Aransas Bay, San …
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The Texas Supreme Court dismissed an appeal from the Texas Republican Party that would have allowed the group to host a face-to-face, mask-free convention in Houston, hit by the coronavirus, this week. Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner, a Democrat, had ordered the event be canceled due to concerns about the coronavirus …
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A medical staff member treats a patient in the COVID-19 intensive care unit at United Memorial Medical Center on July 2, 2020 in Houston, Texas. COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations have skyrocketed since Texas reopened, bringing intensive care rooms to full capacity and raising concerns about an increase in deaths as …
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Intensive care units in Austin could be flooded, said the city’s mayor. The San Antonio area has seen a 55% increase in the number of patients hospitalized with COVID-19. More than 200,000 people have tested positive for the new coronavirus in Florida. Texas officials warned Sunday that the surge in …
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