05/06/2020

Texas Sees Thousands of New COVID-19 Cases

The incidences climbed just days after state's stay-at-home order lifted

Texas is putting to test the predictions of public health experts who warned about the repercussions of reopening the state at this time. 

So far, 33,410 cases of COVID-19 have been reported in Texas, with 911 deaths, according to the Texas Department of Health and Human Services. The state has tested 427,210 people, less than 2 percent of its population of 29 million people. 

“It’s going to be scary going into the fall,” Diana Cervantes, director of the epidemiology program at the University of North Texas Health Science Center School of Public Health, told The Daily Beast. “We’re going to see a huge explosion of cases.” 

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