As COVID hospitalizations surge past 5,000, Gov. Abbott renews call for 'personal responsibility'
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Lydia Guerrero receives her vaccine at a mobile clinic organized by the city of San Antonio at St. Henry?•s Catholic Church on the West side of town.Jessica Phelps, Staff photographer / San Antonio Express-News
With COVID-19 hospitalizations soaring past 5,000 statewide for the first time in nearly five months, state officials are stepping up vaccination outreach programs and promotional campaigns but Gov. Greg Abbott insists that the state won’t impose any new mandates on Texans.
State officials announced Wednesday that Texas has 5,292 people hospitalized with lab-confirmed COVID-19 — the highest number since March 2, the day Abbott announced he was ending all state mask mandates and restrictions on businesses.