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Nearly 4,000 COVID-19 cases active around Cy-Fair
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Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo says the region is subject to the state’s rollbacks in essential business occupancy based on the current surge in local COVID-19 hospitalization rates during a press conference Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2021, in Houston. Hidalgo said the public should take this as a warning to be vigilant, and also encouraged the public to receive the vaccines if they are qualified.Yi-Chin Lee, Houston Chronicle / Staff photographerShow MoreShow Less
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Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo says the region is subject to the state’s rollbacks in essential business occupancy based on the current surge in local COVID-19 hospitalization rates during a press conference Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2021, in Houston. Hidalgo said the public should take this as a warning to be vigilant, and also encouraged the public to receive the vaccines if they are qualified.Yi-Chin Lee, Houston Chro
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Connecticut, Pennsylvania, and Texas all reported cases Thursday of the coronavirus variant discovered in the United Kingdom.
Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont s office reported that two people between the ages of 15 and 25 tested positive for the strain in Connecticut. Both had traveled recently, one to New York and the other to Ireland, according to health officials.
In Pennsylvania, Secretary of Health Dr. Rachel Levine announced that one case had been detected in Dauphin County. The individual tested positive for COVID-19 after a known international exposure to the virus.
The variant, called SARS-CoV-2 B.1.1.7, is believed to be 50% to 70% more transmissible. It was detected in November of last year and led to a number of nations instituting restrictions on travel to and from the U.K.
1st case of more contagious COVID-19 variant found in Harris County
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HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) The Harris County Public Health has confirmed the first case of the COVID-19 variant B.1.1.7, the same variant discovered in the UK. This the first known case in Harris County and the State of Texas.
The patient has been identified as a man between ages 30 and 40 in southwest Harris County. Authorities say he has no travel history.
His condition is described as stable, and the man is quarantining in isolation. Authorities are reaching out to anyone the man has come into contact with.