Texas' COVID numbers fall for the 17th consecutive day following Gov. Abbott's 100% reopening of the state and lifting of the mask mandate - a move Biden infamously called 'Neanderthal thinking'

 

Texas COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations continue to see a downward trend more than two weeks after the state scrapped its mask mandate and allowed businesses to reopen at full capacity.  On Saturday, Texas' seven-day COVID positivity rate reached an all-time low of 5.27 per cent, while hospitalizations dipped to their lowest level since October, according to the latest state data. There were 2,292 new cases reported across the state, about 500 fewer on average from last week, and 107 new deaths.  Hospitalizations, meanwhile, dipped to 3,308, a significant decline after soaring past 14,000 for a couple of days in January.