Gov. Greg Abbott pauses Texas' reopening, bans elective surgeries in four counties to preserve bed space for coronavirus patients

Published: June 26, 2020, 10 a.m.

In early May, Gov. Greg Abbott pointed to the positivity rate \u2014 a ratio of positive COVID-19 tests to all tests \u2014 and said anything over 10% was cause for alarm. As of Wednesday, Texas exceeded that mark for the first time since April.