Guadalupe County businesses are facing new restrictions including reduced capacities and some closures following an increase in hospitalizations in the area.
Restaurants will have to reduce capacity from 75% to 50% and bars will have to close due to the guidelines laid out by Texas Gov. Greg Abbottâs GA-32 Order.
County officials received information that its trauma service area had exceeded the 15% of hospital capacity of COVID-19 patients for the past seven days.
âThe Governorâs Executive Order (GA-32), which went into effect on October 14, 2020, allowed bars to reopen and businesses to operate at 75% capacity, except in areas with high COVID-19 hospitalization rates,â a news release from the county said. âThe Order defines areas with high hospitalizations as âany Trauma Service Area that has had seven consecutive days in which the number of COVID-19 hospitalized patients as a percentage of total hospital capacity exceeds 15 percent.ââ