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Exposed: COVID-19 was spreading in Houston before the rodeo, records show
WORLD CASES: 95,272WORLD DEATHS: 3,255 (92 percent in China)CASES IN 81 COUNTRIESU.S. CASES: 103U.S. DEATHS: 11TEXAS CASES: 1HOUSTON-AREA CASES: 1RODEO ATTENDANCE: 70,936Lina Hidalgo arrived late and flustered to the rodeo grounds for Armed Forces Appreciation Day, missing the Apache helicopter flyover and a soloist’s rendition of “God Bless America.” The 29-year-old Democrat, who won the campaign for Harris County’s top government job two years ago, headed straight for the podium.She’d just learned that Fort Bend County had confirmed the first COVID-19 case in the Houston area, linked to a...…WORLD CASES: 95,272WORLD DEATHS: 3,255 (92 percent in China)CASES IN 81 COUNTRIESU.S. CASES: 103U.S. DEATHS: 11TEXAS CASES: 1HOUSTON-AREA CASES: 1RODEO ATTENDANCE: 70,936Lina Hidalgo arrived late and flustered to the rodeo grounds for Armed Forces Appreciation Day, missing the Apache helicopter flyover and a soloist’s rendition of “God Bless America.” The 29-year-old Democrat, who won the campaign for Harris County’s top government job two years ago, headed straight for the podium.She’d just learned that Fort Bend County had confirmed the first COVID-19 case in the Houston area, linked to a...WW…
Where are Harris County’s COVID-19 cases? Concentrated in at-risk neighborhoods
This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigateCoronavirus cases are two to three times more prevalent in some of Houston’s poorest ZIP codes compared with Harris County overall, clustering in several predominantly black neighborhoods where experts worry the virus will be particularly fatal because many residents have underlying medical conditions.A Houston Chronicle analysis of 4,977 positive COVID-19 tests reported in Harris County through April 20 shows that seven of the 10 ZIP codes with the highest rates were majority black and low-income.ZIP codes that include some of...…This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigateCoronavirus cases are two to three times more prevalent in some of Houston’s poorest ZIP codes compared with Harris County overall, clustering in several predominantly black neighborhoods where experts worry the virus will be particularly fatal because many residents have underlying medical conditions.A Houston Chronicle analysis of 4,977 positive COVID-19 tests reported in Harris County through April 20 shows that seven of the 10 ZIP codes with the highest rates were majority black and low-income.ZIP codes that include some of...WW…
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