By Sahar Chmais 

COVID-19 hospitalization rates have stayed at and above 15% for seven days consecutively in Central Texas. This means restrictions will start to be rolled out in Texas. 

This follows Governor Greg Abbott’s Executive Orders GA-31 and GA-32. These restrictions include: stopping on-site bar services, businesses reducing maximum capacity to 50% and pausing elective surgeries. 

The state has 22 regions split into trauma service areas and when a trauma service area reaches a 15%...