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