Texas

North Texas surpassed 20,000 cases of the coronavirus Sunday as counties in the area added dozens of new cases. There have been 20,201 cases of COVID-19 and 532 deaths in the 32-county area. More than 10,800 people have recovered. Dallas County reported its 229th death Sunday and 228 additional positive cases of the coronavirus. Coronavirus…

AUSTIN, Texas – The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Texas rose by nearly 2,000 Sunday and there were another 24 deaths tied to the disease caused by the new coronavirus, according to health officials.There were at least 64,287 cases and 1,949 deaths, the Texas Department of State Health Services reported Sunday, an increase from…

Texas AUSTIN, Texas — The number of confirmed coronavirus cases rose by more than 1,200 in Texas to surpass 61,000 with 25 additional deaths, the Texas health department reported Saturday. The state’s rising caseload came as El Paso County surpassed San Antonio’s Bexas County in both cases and deaths, despite the fact that Bexar is…

Houston’s two major pediatric hospitals are treating children with the inflammatory syndrome linked to the coronavirus, officials at those institutions said Thursday, the area’s first examples of the mysterious condition now surfacing around the nation. Texas Children’s and Children’s Memorial Hermann hospital officials said Thursday several patients have or are suspected to have what’s known…

Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick admonished the "shutdown six" Thursday for failing to lift lockdowns instituted to counter the coronavirus, singling out the Democratic governors of New York, New Jersey, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Illinois and California."I call them the shutdown six, the biggest six states, all Democrat governors," he told "Fox News @ Night" host Shannon Bream.Patrick said he coined the phrase for…