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One year ago, citizens of Lubbock and the United States began to watch their lives rapidly change due to a novel coronavirus. As this milestone approaches, Texas Tech and City of Lubbock officials looked back on the difficult decisions they had to make and the chaos that is COVID-19.
Lubbock Mayor, Dan Pope, said he specifically remembered March 12, 2020, the day the University of Texas and Tech basketball game was canceled. He was supposed to go on a trip that weekend and canceled to monitor the COVID-19 situation, the next Tuesday, March 17, Lubbock reported its first coronavirus case.
âWeâve learned a lot,â Pope said.Â
The City of Lubbock reported a hospitalization percentage of 3.86 percent March 9, remaining under the 15 percent threshold outlined in Governor Greg Abbott’s Executive Orders, according to a release