Coronavirus: Texas pauses reopening as new US cases climb to near record high

Texas Governor Greg Abbott said on Thursday that he was halting his state’s phased economic reopening in response to a jump in Covid-19 infections and hospitalisations, as the number of new daily cases around the country climbed to a near-record high.Texas, which has been at the forefront of states’ efforts to reopen after shutting down to curb the spread of the coronavirus, has seen one of the biggest surges in new cases, reporting over 6,000 new cases in a single day on Monday. The state has…

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