The state has continued to move ahead with its aggressive reopening strategy.
More people were being treated at hospitals for the coronavirus in Texas on Monday than at any point in the pandemic, according to statistics from the Texas Department of State Health Services, as the state has continued to move forward with its reopening efforts.Texas businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic at a press conference at the Texas State Capitol in Austin on Monday, May 18, 2020.
But that rise hasn’t dissuaded state officials from moving forward with reopening—the state moved to Phase 3 last Wednesday, allowing essentially all businesses to operate so long as they did so at 50% of their normal capacity. The new record comes exactly two weeks after Memorial Day, when packed crowds were seen at popular vacation destinations.While much of the country had new case counts plateau around early- to mid-April, new cases in Texas continued to rise throughout May. Single-day new case highs were hit multiple times, with its highest being 1,949 new cases recorded on May 31.
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