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Fayette County pushing to keep restaurants open at 75%, elective surgeries in hospitals
Fayette County had a few dozen new cases of COVID-19 the past two weeks, but state restrictions pause elective surgeries and reduce restaurant capacity at 50%. Author: Mike Marut (KVUE) Updated: 10:26 PM CST January 14, 2021
LA GRANGE, Texas Travis County and Fayette County fall under the same hospital Trauma Service Area, meaning both follow the same restrictions during the pandemic, despite the difference in population and the number of coronavirus cases.
During this past week, more than 15% of all hospital patients in Trauma Service Area O – which includes many Central Texas counties – were COVID-19 patients for more than seven consecutive days. That triggered Gov. Greg Abbott s orders to reduce restaurant and store capacity to 50% and to pause elective surgeries.