An Official From This State Has Admitted We Opened Too Quickly

In a press briefing on June 28, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said that the outbreak has taken a “very swift and a very dangerous turn in Texas over just the past few weeks.” During that time, Abbot added that “the daily number of cases have gone from an average of about 2,000 to more than 5,000.” Two days before making these comments, Abbott issued an executive order on the morning of June 26, limiting all bars to delivery and takeout services only, and reducing indoor restaurant seating from 75 percent to 50 percent capacity. According to one elected official in Houston, where the outbreak has been particularly bad, the executive order merely reinstated regulations that should have never been removed in the first place. RELATED: For more up-to-date information, sign up for our daily newsletter. “The harsh truth is that our current infection rate is on pace to overwhelm our hospitals in the very near future,” Harris county judge, Lina Hidalgo, said at a press conference on Friday, The Guardian reported. “We opened too quickly.” According to the latest numbers from the Texas Health and Human Services Department, there are 148,723 reported cases of COVID-19 in Texas. Nearly 6,000 of those being recent, as the state reported 5,996 new cases on June 25, its highest daily case count since the pandemic began. And for more on another COVID-19 epicenter, check out Florida Has This One “Silver Lining” Amid Soaring Coronavirus Cases.ae0fcc31ae342fd3a1346ebb1f342fcb