More than a month has passed since Gov. Greg Abbott ended virtually all statewide restrictions related to the coronavirus pandemic. Nationwide, new coronavirus cases are on the rise as new variants of the virus spread. And about four-fifths of Texans are not yet fully vaccinated.
Keep Copperas Cove Beautiful held a Texas Trash-Off event last Saturday at the Copperas Cove City Park where volunteers met to clean up the area.
The Texas Tribune is using daily data from the Texas Department of State Health Services to track coronavirus vaccinations, cases, hospitalizations and deaths. The state data comes from city and county health departments, hospitals, laboratories and vaccine providers. It may not represent all cases of the disease given limited testing.
For more than a year, the federal government has been pumping billions of dollars into school districts across the country to help them meet the demands of the pandemic. Most states have used that pot of stimulus funds as Congress intended: buying personal protective equipment for students and teachers, laptops for kids learning from home, improved ventilation systems for school buildings to prevent virus transmission and covering other costs.
Volunteers across the state will hit the roadways Saturday for the annual Texas Trash Off.