Health officials in Brazoria County reported 11 new cases of COVID-19 on May 21. (Courtesy Adobe Stock)
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A total of 21 new COVID-19 cases were reported in the county May 28.
By comparison, 23 deaths were confirmed between May 16-22, and 39 deaths were confirmed between May 9-15.
Student-led organizations, like IWillMask and The Three MASK-eteers, and individual students, like 11-year-old Virginia Williams, are working to make protective masks for the community.
Venue owners must operate under guidelines that facilitate appropriate social distancing.
Kathryn Tart, dean of the University of Houston’s College of Nursing, spoke with Community Impact Newspaper about how the novel coronavirus is changing the way the university is educating nursing students.
Pearland Westside Library, Tom Reid Library and the Friendswood Public Library will all open with reduced hours and increased safety guidelines.
The experimental therapy involves the transfer of plasma from recovered COVID-19 patients to those who are currently symptomatic.
Texas received approval from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to provide more than $1 billion in pandemic food benefits.
The county reported eight new COVID-19 cases today.
According to METRO, the two employees were a bus controller and a bus repairman, neither of whom had contact with the public. The bus controller has not worked for METRO since May 17.
Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar said the state entered the era of the coronavirus in a healthy financial situation, which bodes well for the future as reopening continues, but that Texans are not out of the woods yet.
Gov. Greg Abbott announced May 27 that $3.6 million will be provided to nursing facilities to purchase tablets, webcams and headphones to connect residents with family members.
