Texas Breaks Coronavirus Record With 10,000 New Cases
Texas hospitals are near capacity as the state breaks a shocking record of 10,000 new Coronavirus cases.
According to data from Johns Hopkins University, Texas currently has 10,028 new cases as of Tuesday. The increase marks a continued and steady increase in COVID-19 infections.
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“We have rapid spread of COVID-19 in the state of Texas right now,” Gov. Greg Abbott said adding that growing cases should be “an alarm bell for everybody.”
The state also set its daily record for COVID-19 deaths on Tuesday when 60 patients died due to the illness. At least 2,715 people in total have died from the virus in the state.
Hospitalizations have also doubled in Texas over the past two weeks, up from 4,023 hospitalizations as of Tuesday, June 23,
The increasing surge in cases comes as the governor enforced a strict re-opening as early as May.
“If local officials enforce the mask order, it will slow the spread of the coronavirus,” he told the local CBS affiliate Monday. “They just now need to step up and begin to enforce the orders that are already in place.”