Castillo fears 'exponential curve' of new COVID-19 cases
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BROWNSVILLE, Texas - The Cameron County health director issued a dire warning Monday about COVID-19.
Dr. James Castillo said he hopes his county is not looking at an exponential curve when studying the number of new cases.
Cameron County has seen 49 deaths due to the coronavirus, many connected to four nursing home facilities and one detention center. There were 101 new cases reported on Monday.
\\u201cAfter we re-opened (the economy) I think everybody was really excited, after shelter-in-place,\\u201d Castillo said, at a news conference hosted by Cameron County Judge Eddie Trevino.
\\u201cWe did such a good job with the shelter-in-place, we thought it did not affect us. We thought it was only infecting elderly people and nursing homes. But, since the re-opening, the science is telling us it is not over. We did not have our first wave, yet. The wave is coming now.\\u201d
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