With Texas hitting an all-time high for COVID-19 cases, Gov. Greg Abbott urges state residents to stay home unless they need to be out.
“Texas will report an all-time high in the number of cases of people testing positive of more than 5,000,” Abbott said in an interview on KBTX. “The hospitalization rate is at an all-time high. Coronavirus is spreading in Brazos County and across the entire state of Texas, which is exactly why action is being taken.”And the state broke its record for hospitalizations for the 12th day in a row, with the Department of State Health Services reporting 4,092 COVID-19 patients in Texas hospitals.
In an interview on KRIS-TV in Corpus Christi Abbott said, “There still remain some people in Nueces County, as well as in the entire region, who seem to think the COVID-19 is not a challenge. People need to recognize this is a very swift-spreading virus, for which there is no cure.” But, he said Tuesday, “If we are unable to contain the spiraling spread of COVID-19, there will be more requirements put on businesses, including even considering have to ratchet back on the expansion of opening businesses in Texas.”
“The record-breaking number of COVID-19 cases today and the fact that Texas has seen 12-straight days of record hospitalizations, is because of Greg Abbott’s failure to lead,” said Texas Democratic Party Communications Director Abhi Rahman. “Texans are suffering. Our sacrifices might be for nothing. From day one of this crisis, Abbott has undermined, hid and outright refused to listen to science or doctors. We’re seeing the catastrophic results of his failures.
Public health experts say that number should ideally stay below 6%, and Abbott previously said that a positivity rate above 10% would be cause for alarm.
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