Hospitals in at least two Texas counties are at full capacity heading into the Fourth of July holiday weekend, with county judges urging residents to shelter in place.
Judges in Starr and Hidalgo counties sent out emergency alerts Friday, warning residents that local hospitals in the Rio Grande Valley were at capacity. Judge Eloy Vera said there have been 18 deaths in Starr County due to Covid-19 and two severely ill patients had to be flown out of the area for treatment. One of the patients was taken to San Antonio and the other to Dallas, the judge said in the post on Facebook.
Texas doctor: Patients are near death, coming in too late 01:25In Houston, Mayor Sylvester Turner asked the community to take several steps to help mitigate the spread of coronavirus.During a news conference Thursday, Turner recommended people wear masks around other people, ensure social distancing in the workplace or work from home, and reduce business occupancy from 50% to 25%.
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