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Texas bars must shut down as hospitalization surge triggers reopening rollback
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Bars must suspend in-person service now that Texas hospital regions have hit a benchmark laid out in Governor Abbott s reopening plan.Mark Mulligan, Houston Chronicle / Staff photographer
The Houston area hit a new milestone Tuesday, with seven consecutive days of record COVID-19 hospitalizations triggering reopening rollbacks. On Wednesday, Harris County Judge Hidalgo urged Houstonians to do your part to bring the COVID-19 numbers down. The Harris County region officially crossed the state s hospitalization threshold triggering #COVID19 reopening rollbacks, Hidalgo tweeted. Honestly, this is just another milestone on the road to a catastrophe unless each of us acts. We can t rely on a small occupancy rollback. Do your part.