Galveston County saw its highest daily positive COVID-19 case count yet, 108 cases, on June 17.

Previously, the record-high daily positive case count was 86, which was recorded April 4.

The county has reported an additional 166 coronavirus cases since June 15, with the case count totaling 1,486 as of the evening of June 17.

The county has had 616 recoveries and 40 deaths since mid-March. No new deaths have been reported since June 11.

The county passed the 1,000-case mark in early June. The case count total includes outbreaks at four nursing homes in League City and Texas City, which account for roughly a third of the total cases in each city.

Here is other coronavirus-related news for Bay Area residents to know for the week of June 15.

11 a.m. June 17: League City officials held a ceremony June 17 to mark the city’s reopening for business and kick off a summer local business support program: the Summer of Fun Passport. The joint initiative from local business leaders aims to help League City retailers, restaurants and museums recover from the economic impacts of the coronavirus pandemic. For more coverage, click here.

6 p.m. June 16: Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner joined the mayors of eight other Texas cities to call on Gov. Greg Abbott to allow them to require face coverings within their respective jurisdictions. Abbott assumed control over coronavirus response statewide April 27 when he lifted the state’s stay-home order; during a press conference outlining the state’s reopening plan, Abbott announced that his decisions supersede those made by local officials. For more coverage, click here.