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Coronavirus in Texas

Is this rural community really Texas’ sickest county?

State data indicates that Donley County in the Panhandle has the highest coronavirus infection rate in Texas. But county Judge John Howard — also the only local doctor — believes that's because he's testing far more than other counties.

Kearney Street in Clarendon.

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Donley County Judge John Howard.
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April 3 COVID-19 news conference: Associated Ambulance Authority Director Anna Howard, Judge John Howard (no relation), Sheriff Butch Blackburn, publisher Roger Estlack, (not pictured – Physician’s Assistant Devah Pittman).

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