AP: “Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner and Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo, both Democrats, said this weekend that a stay-at-home order is needed for America’s fourth largest city to cope with the surge of COVID-19 cases.”
“‘Not only do we need a stay home order now, but we need to stick with it this time until the hospitalization curve comes down, not just flattens,’ Hidalgo said on Twitter Sunday. ‘Many communities that persevered in that way are reopening for the long haul. Let’s learn from that & not make the same mistake twice.'”
“The call comes after a week in which Texas continued to break records for confirmed COVID-19 cases and deaths linked to the disease. State health officials reported 8,196 new cases Sunday, another 80 deaths and a total of 10,410 people hospitalized due to the virus.”