Austin (WBAP/KLIF) – Gov. Greg Abbott warns if spread of COVID-19 doesn’t slow, “The next step would have to be a lockdown.”
Abbott comments to Lubbock’s KLBK-TV came as as nearly 80 Texas counties have opted out of his statewide mask mandate, while others are simply refusing to enforce it.
Texas continues to be among several COVID-19 hotspots around the country, Abbott reiterated that things will continue to get worse.
“Things will get worse, and let me explain why,” he told the station. “The deaths that we’re seeing announced today and yesterday — which are now over 100 — those are people who likely contracted COVID-19 in late May.
The worst is yet to come as we work our way through that massive increase in people testing positive.”
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