NBC News: Texas pauses reopening as hospitals inundated with ‘explosion’ of COVID-19 cases
“The last thing we want to do as a state is go backwards and close down businesses,” Gov. Greg Abbott said.
As Texas reported nearly 6,000 new COVID-19 cases Wednesday, the Governor said, “If we are unable to slow the spread over the next few weeks, then we will have to re-evaluate to the extent to which businesses are open.”