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See how many gloves, masks, gallons of sanitizer each Texas school district will receive for fall 2020

The Texas Education Agency announced plans to distribute personal protective equipment to help school districts reopen for the 2020-21 school year, according to a June 9 news release.

To date, the agency has ordered 50 million disposable face masks, 10 million gloves, 40,000 infrared and noncontact thermometers, and 500,000 gallons of hand sanitizer for distribution across Texas public school districts.

Higher number of Hays County coronavirus cases points to these 3 reasons



Protests, floating the local rivers and visiting bars packed with patrons have been three drivers of higher coronavirus cases in Hays County, according to the Hays County Local Health Department.

List: New Braunfels businesses respond to coronavirus cases

As COVID-19 continued to spread in New Braunfels, some businesses utilized social media to make customers aware of cases discovered among employees, and what measures were taken to protect staff and customers from the virus.

Employee at H-E-B in North Austin tests positive for coronavirus


An H-E-B employee at the grocery store’s location at North Lamar Boulevard and Rundberg Lane in North Austin has tested positive for COVID-19, according to a June 15 news release from H-E-B.

New Braunfels' mayor issues COVID-19 statement after spike in cases

On June 17, the city of New Braunfels issued a statement from Mayor Rusty Brockman about the recent increase in coronavirus cases.

Taylor Jackson Buchanan, Joe Warner, Lauren Canterberry, Iain Oldman and Warren Brown contributed to this report.