Prognosis
Oregon Joins Florida, Texas in Confronting Covid-19’s Resurgence
- Houston test site runs out of slots as residents seek answers
- ‘We’re not shutting down. We’re going to go forward.’
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Oregon is joining states including Florida and Texas in battling a resurgence of Covid-19, adding to pressure on governors to roll back reopenings of their economies.
Cases hit an all-time high in Oregon on Tuesday, with the state reporting 278 new confirmed and presumptive cases, raising the total to 6,098. In Florida, the positivity rate -- a key measure of whether cases are mounting independent of expanded testing -- surged to its highest level since at least April. And in Texas, hospitalizations had their biggest 24-hour increase since June 4.