Sources: The Dallas Morning News
Multiple appellate courts in Texas uphold the mask mandates imposed in Bexar, Dallas, Harris, and Travis counties in an effort to override Governor Greg Abbott's ban on mask mandates in schools. 2021-08-13
Texas reports their first case of the Lambda variant of SARS-CoV-2, which was first detected in Peru. 2021-07-19
U.S. Rep. Ron Wright (R-TX) dies from COVID-19 at the age of 67, thus making him the first member of Congress to die from the disease. 2021-02-7
Texas reaches past 1 million vaccinations, becoming the first state to do so. 2021-01-14
Texas surpasses two million cases of COVID-19, becoming the second state to do so after California. 2021-01-14
Texas health officials report the state's first case of a new variant of SARS-CoV-2 in a resident of Harris County with no travel history. 2021-01-7
New York surpasses one million cases of COVID-19, becoming the fourth state to do so after Texas, California and Florida. 2021-01-2
Texas reports a record 13,998 new cases in the last 24 hours, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to more than 1.1 million. 2020-11-24
Pfizer announces that they have launched a pilot delivery program for their potential vaccine in Rhode Island, Texas, New Mexico, and Tennessee. 2020-11-17
New York surpasses 500,000 total confirmed COVID-19 cases, becoming the fourth state to surpass that number after California, Florida and Texas. 2020-10-28