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Texas coronavirus: 2 counties urge residents to shelter in place as hospitals reach capacity - CNN
(CNN)Hospitals in at least two Texas counties are at full capacity heading into the Fourth of July holiday weekend, with county judges urging residents to shelter in place.
Judges in Starr and Hidalgo counties sent out emergency alerts Friday, warning residents that local hospitals in the Rio Grande Valley were at capacity.
Judge Eloy Vera said there have been 18 deaths in Starr County due to Covid-19 and two severely ill patients had to be flown out of the area for treatment. One of the patients was taken to San Antonio and the other to Dallas, the judge said in the post on Facebook.
Hospitals face 'an explosion of Covid' and signs of another surge as coronavirus case numbers climb
"The local and valley hospitals are at full capacity and have no more beds available. I urge all of our residents to please shelter-in-place, wear face coverings, practice social distancing and AVOID GATHERINGS," he wrote.
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Vera issued a public safety alert announcing a "Level 1 Severe" threat due to the virus spreading rapidly across the county.
In neighboring Hidalgo County, Judge Richard Cortez mirrored the warning.
In a public safety alert posted on Twitter, he also announced hospitals were at capacity and asked residents to shelter in place, avoid large gatherings, wear face coverings and practice social distancing.
Texas has come a long way from that confrontation in Houston I posted where a guy wearing a mask was essentially called a communist & a 'snowflake.'
(CNN)Hospitals in at least two Texas counties are at full capacity heading into the Fourth of July holiday weekend, with county judges urging residents to shelter in place.
Judges in Starr and Hidalgo counties sent out emergency alerts Friday, warning residents that local hospitals in the Rio Grande Valley were at capacity.
Judge Eloy Vera said there have been 18 deaths in Starr County due to Covid-19 and two severely ill patients had to be flown out of the area for treatment. One of the patients was taken to San Antonio and the other to Dallas, the judge said in the post on Facebook.
Hospitals face 'an explosion of Covid' and signs of another surge as coronavirus case numbers climb
"The local and valley hospitals are at full capacity and have no more beds available. I urge all of our residents to please shelter-in-place, wear face coverings, practice social distancing and AVOID GATHERINGS," he wrote.
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Vera issued a public safety alert announcing a "Level 1 Severe" threat due to the virus spreading rapidly across the county.
In neighboring Hidalgo County, Judge Richard Cortez mirrored the warning.
In a public safety alert posted on Twitter, he also announced hospitals were at capacity and asked residents to shelter in place, avoid large gatherings, wear face coverings and practice social distancing.
Texas has come a long way from that confrontation in Houston I posted where a guy wearing a mask was essentially called a communist & a 'snowflake.'
