Dallas-Fort Worth area bars ordered to close as COVID-19 hospitalizations increase

DALLAS – Bars in the Dallas-Fort Worth area on Thursday are due to close and other businesses are to reduce capacity as the number of coronavirus-related hospitalizations continues to rise.

KXAS-TV, a subsidiary of NBC, reported that Thursday marked the seventh day in a row COVID-19 patients in hospitals were above 15%.

This mark is important because it triggers more stringent provisions of Executive Order GA-32 from Texas Governor Greg Abbott, released in October.

Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins said in a tweet that once the county figures were updated on Thursday, the region would immediately be subject to a cut in the capacity of all non-essential businesses and other defined protocols. in Abbott’s order.

Harris County, the county in which Houston is located, is in the trauma service area Q. According to data from the Texas State Department Health Services, TSA Q has a coronavirus hospitalization rate of 10.36% Thursday. This is the highest level in the last seven days.