Without broader statewide orders for Texans to stay at home, local officials — and local circumstances — have made the state a patchwork of responses to the new coronavirus.
Coronavirus in Texas
As the coronavirus spread across the state, The Texas Tribune covered the most important health, economic, academic and breaking developments that affected Texans. Our map tracker showed the number of cases, deaths, tests and vaccinations in Texas from 2020-22.
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Caught between local officials and Donald Trump, Gov. Greg Abbott carefully navigates coronavirus
Abbott’s approach has helped keep the peace across levels of government handling the response in Texas but has also raised questions about whether he’s being aggressive enough in responding to a virus that threatens thousands of lives.
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Dallas County creating temporary hospital, calls in National Guard for medical help as novel coronavirus cases top 300
The North Texas county leads the state in the number of novel coronavirus cases and is marshaling resources as the need for medical response grows.
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Texas’ shuttered businesses, laid-off workers and overwhelmed hospitals among beneficiaries of coronavirus relief bill
The historic legislation, worth more than $2 trillion, heads to the U.S. House on Friday after the Senate passed it unanimously.
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Coronavirus in Texas 3/26: U.S. Rep. Lizzie Fletcher moves to self-quarantine
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Is Cabela’s an “essential” business? Texas counties differ on who should work during shelter in place
With Gov. Greg Abbott resisting calls for a statewide stay-at-home order, local officials are tasked with deciding which businesses and employees are essential. This strategy means the rules differ from county to county, and many employees are confused about why they’re being called in to work.
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Coronavirus is officially in Texas prisons and jails. Now what?
The Texas prison system and Dallas County both reported the first Texas cases of inmates testing positive for the new coronavirus this week. Self-quarantines and social distancing aren’t always possible for those who’ve been exposed.
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Hidalgo County breaks out the megaphones in scramble to salvage census push
Coaxing census participation was going to be hard enough in some of Texas’ poorest communities. With coronavirus restrictions, organizers turned to driving sound trucks around colonias on the border, but now even that won’t be possible.
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Gov. Greg Abbott orders air travelers from New Orleans and around New York to self-quarantine
The order aligns Texas with federal guidance announced Wednesday that aims to contain the spread of the virus outside New York, which has become the epicenter of the outbreak in the United States.
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Texas regulators vote to ban residential utility shut-offs during pandemic while buoying companies
The Texas Public Utility Commission approved an order Thursday that would ban disconnections of water and power service for Texans financially impacted by COVID-19 and put them on deferred payment plans. But advocates and experts say the real winner might be utility providers.