Ha Ou Stun – Key metrics such as infection rates and ICU hospital admissions are down for the first time in months, Harris County Judge Leena Hidalgo says. Currently, Harris County is at the highest risk level: Red Level 1. Hidalgo 2 told KPRC on Monday that the COVID-19 threat …
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HOUSTON – Texans, along with residents of the Houston area, would have to expect periodic power outages due to the impact of Hurricane Laura. Entergy announced the outage to its Texas customers Thursday after its transmission system suffered extensive damage from the hurricane. The Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO) instructed …
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Only a handful of contact tracers working to carry COVID-19 in 125 communities near Chicago speak Spanish, despite significant Spanish populations. Churches and advocacy groups in the Houston area are trying to persuade immigrants to cooperate when health officials call. And in California, immigrants are being trained as contact persons …
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Texas officials have begun an investigation into why statewide Covid-19 data show a record decline in rates with positive tests, even as hospital admissions and other metrics indicate that the spread of the virus is slower. A special ‘data team’ has been deployed to investigate the state health department analyzes …
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