COVID-19 pandemic in Texas

The COVID-19 pandemic first entered Texas on February 13, 2020. The first COVID-19 death was in Matagorda County on March 17 in 2020.

As of April 3, 2021, the state had their 2nd-highest number of COVID-19 cases, behind only California. Texas carried the third-highest number of people killed from the virus, behind California and New York State. As of late May 2021, around 50,200 people had died from the COVID-19 virus.

On Wednesday, March 11, 2020, local health officials in the State reported a positive test for the COVID-19 in Montgomery County. It was then declared the first possible cause of community spread of this condition in Texas and the Greater Houston metropolitan. That included Houston itself.

On Friday, March 13, 2020, Texas Governor Greg Abbott put all counties under a disaster state. Abbott then executed emergency powers for his administration.





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