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Texas Press Association Mon, 02/08/2021 - 6:42pm
Gary Borders | Texas Press Association
Monday, February 8, 2021
The number of people in Texas hospitalized with COVID-19 has declined more than 28 percent in the past month, according to the Texas Department of Health Services. As of Feb. 7, Texas hospitals were treating 9,957 COVID-19 patients, down from nearly 14,000 a month ago. The number of new cases in the past week was 123,239 a 22 percent drop from the record high of 158,922 the week of Jan. 10, according to the Coronavirus Resource Center at Johns Hopkins University.
By iHeartMedia s Corey Olson
Feb 4, 2021
As COVID-19 vaccines continue to roll out, hundreds of thousands of Texans are lining up to get them. But a large number are not so anxious to take the shot. A new survey from the University of Houston Hobby School of Public Affairs finds nearly one-third of Texans (32%) say they probably or definitely will NOT get the vaccine. That number is important, because most experts say that in order to achieve herd immunity, you need to have between 70 to 90 percent of the population vaccinated, says Renèe Cross, Director of the Hobby School. More than half of respondents said they definitely or probably WILL get the shot, while 9% have not decided.