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07/04/2020 / By Franz Walker

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott issues order requiring face masks to fight the coronavirus

Texas Gov. Greg Abbot issued a statewide order mandating the use of masks on July 2 as the state scrambles to get its Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19) surge under control. The order, which takes effect at 12:01 p.m. Friday, immediately applies to all Texas counties, though counties with 20 or fever active cases can be exempted if […]

07/02/2020 / By Franz Walker

Houston hospitals’ ICUs overflowing as coronavirus cases surge

Houston’s intensive-care wards are being filled beyond capacity, forcing hospitals in America’s fourth-largest city to tap into “surge capacity” to cope with a resurgent Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. As of Tuesday, intensive-care units in Houston were at handling around 1,350 patients – 102 percent of capacity – according to the Texas Medical Center. This comes […]

07/02/2020 / By Franz Walker

New coronavirus cases in America jump by 50,000 in a single day for the first time

The United States’ daily count of new coronavirus cases surpassed 50,000 for the first time ever on Wednesday. The surge was driven by record increases in some of the most populous states, such as California and Texas. Data from the COVID Tracking Project shows that a further 52,982 people tested positive for the coronavirus over the past 24 hours. […]

06/30/2020 / By Ralph Flores

Coronavirus update: Gov. Abbott rolls back reopening plan as Texas reports record new cases

After battering the Northeast early this year, the coronavirus is now barreling towards the rest of the United States. In the South, Texas and Florida are among the hardest-hit states, with both reporting record numbers of new cases this week. Texas logged almost 6,000 new cases –its highest one-day record, to date – on Thursday, while […]

06/25/2020 / By Ralph Flores

Coronavirus update: US reports highest single-day total since April; Florida caseload reaches 100,000; California cases up by 7,000

Around 34,700 new coronavirus cases were identified in the United States on Tuesday – the highest single-day total since April and the third-highest since the start of the pandemic, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. The outbreak, which has caused over 121,000 deaths in the country, is now spreading in the South and West, with over […]

06/25/2020 / By Franz Walker

World’s largest medical complex in Texas is running out of ICU beds due to the coronavirus

A Houston hospital that has been called the largest medical complex in the world has stated that it is running out of intensive-care beds in the face of a resurgence of Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19) infections in the state. The Texas Medical Center (TMC) announced Tuesday that 97 percent of its intensive-care unit (ICU) beds are now […]

06/24/2020 / By Isabelle Z.

Houston area on track to overwhelm hospital ICUs as coronavirus cases surge

Many experts warned that ending the lockdown too soon would lead to a surge in coronavirus cases, and that’s precisely what is now unfolding in Texas. The state reported 3,280 new cases on Monday, bringing the total for Texas to 114,881. Houston is one city that is already struggling to keep up with the surge […]

06/24/2020 / By Franz Walker

Coronavirus surge across America call states’ reopening plans into question

New surges in Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19) cases in hot spots across have thrown wrenches into many states’ reopening plans. Florida, Texas and Arizona have reported a surge in caseloads. So too has California, which broke its record for new cases for the fourth straight day on Tuesday. Meanwhile, even though New Jersey’s caseload has fallen, its governor […]

06/24/2020 / By Franz Walker

Texas coronavirus numbers hit record levels as hospitals run out of space

Texas Gov. Gregg Abbott reported Tuesday that the state recorded over 5,000 new Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19) cases, setting a record for the largest single-day increase in cases. Abbot did not initially offer an exact number of new cases or tests in total. However, the Texas Department of State Health Services later confirmed that the state had 5,489 new cases and 28 deaths. […]

06/23/2020 / By Mike Adams

Coronavirus surges in Texas: Houston hospitals at max capacity in 11 days… 5,000 new cases per day… YOUNG people now hit the hardest

There is a real-world cost for complacency, and with many Texans now foolishly declaring the coronavirus a complete hoax, complacency has set in. Thanks to that complacency — and recent left-wing Black Lives Matter protests in Texas cities — confirmed covid-19 cases and hospitalizations are rising in Texas at an unprecedented rate. Most importantly, the […]

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