Coronavirus in Texas: 53,449 cases and 1,480 deaths – The Texas Tribune

What you need to know this weekend:Texas reports 54,509 cases and 1,506 deaths

[4:45 p.m.] Texas reported 1,060 more cases of the new coronavirus Saturday, an increase of about 2% over the previous day, bringing the total number of known cases to 54,509. Ward County reported its first case Saturday; over 85% of the states 254 counties have reported at least one case.

Harris County has reported the most cases, 10,526, followed by Dallas County, which has reported 8,477 cases. See maps of the latest case numbers for each county and case rates per 1,000 residents.

The state has reported 26 additional deaths, bringing the statewide total to 1,506 an increase of about 2% from Friday. Harris County reported one additional death, bringing its total to 217 deaths, more than any other county.

As of Saturday, 1,688 patients are known to be hospitalized in Texas. Thats an increase of 110 patients from Friday. At least 870,935 tests have been conducted. Chris Essig

[4:05 p.m.] An outbreak at a recently opened immigrant detention center outside of Abilene has left more than one-quarter of its residents infected with COVID-19, the El Paso Times reported Saturday.

The outbreak at the Bluebonnet Detention Center in rural West Texas is the second-largest among the nation's 49 immigration detention centers that have seen positive cases.

The center, originally meant to be a state prison, opened just before Christmas and is run by Management and Training Corp., or MTC, and houses 417 men and women. Of those, 111 have tested positive, along with six of the center's 118 staff members, the newspaper reported.

Previous detention center outbreaks have led to strained relations between local leaders and private contractors in Texas. Earlier this month, Frio County commissioners demanded answers from officials with the GEO Group after the virus took hold at the South Texas ICE Processing Center in Pearsall, south of San Antonio. Jeremy Schwartz

Houstons Museum of Fine Arts will reopen Saturday, becoming the nations first major art museum to do so since the coronavirus pandemic began, Texas Monthly reports. Among the planned safety measures are required masks for visitors older than 2, temperature checks, and museum staff opening and closing all doors. The 300,000-square-foot building will be open to 900 visitors at a time, or 25% of its capacity, and 6 feet of social distancing will be enforced, according to Texas Monthly. Emily Goldstein

Have they been anywhere? Have they been afraid to go out of their house? This is a scam by the Democrats to steal the election.

Texas is expected to release its latest coronavirus figures Saturday afternoon. The state reported 1,181 more cases of the new coronavirus Friday, an increase of about 2% over the previous day, bringing the total number of known cases to 53,449. It also reported 40 additional deaths, bringing the statewide total to 1,480 an increase of about 3% from Thursday. See maps of the latest case numbers for each county and case rates per 1,000 residents.

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