County order rolls back business reopenings as hospital numbers surge
JB Smith 17 hrs ago 4
https://wacotrib.com/news/local/county-o...c3f5ab8794c94b7

A mobile unit distributes COVID-19 tests in mid-November at McLennan Community College. Free testing is available Monday at MCC and at the Holiday Inn Express in West. Visit covidwaco.com to register.

McLennan County Judge Scott Felton on Sunday issued a resolution closing bars again and tightening restrictions on retail businesses and elective medical procedures after the Waco region’s hospitalizations for COVID-19 exceeded a state-imposed threshold for seven days in a row.

State officials reported Sunday that COVID-19 patients accounted for 17.8% of hospital capacity in a five-county region known as Trauma Service Area M, including McLennan, Falls, Hill, Limestone and Bosque counties. That rate has been over 15% since Nov. 23 and has been steadily increasing.

An October order by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott that allowed bars to reopen, elective surgeries to be performed and other businesses such as restaurants and stores to expand 75% capacity. But those reopenings are to be rolled back if an area’s hospitalization rate exceeds 15% for seven consecutive days.

“What that means is that bars would close, and restaurants would go from 75 back to 50%,” Felton said Sunday. Felton’s order was posted Sunday on the county’s website, https://www.co.mclennan.tx.us. Felton said it is his understanding that the rollback is automatic and lasts until the rate falls below 15% for seven consecutive days.-- excerpt, rest at link above --

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State officials reported Sunday that COVID-19 patients accounted for 17.8% of hospital capacity in a five-county region known as Trauma Service Area M, including McLennan, Falls, Hill, Limestone and Bosque counties. That rate has been over 15% since Nov. 23 and has been steadily increasing.

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