William O. Pate II
| U.S. COVID-19 Cases: | 18,881,783 | 1st globally |
| U.S. COVID-19 Deaths: | 331,116 | 1st globally |
| Texas COVID-19 Cases: | 1,663,055 | 4th globally (behind California, Maharashtra, India; and all of England) |
| Texas COVID-19 Deaths: | 26,896 | 2nd nationally (behind New York) |
| Out of the 20 U.S. counties with the most COVID-19 cases: | ||
| Harris County, Texas (Houston): | 5th | 225,365 |
| Dallas County, Texas (Dallas): | 7th | 179,418 |
| Tarrant County, Texas (Suburbs north of Dallas-Fort Worth) | 12th | 135,793 |
| El Paso County, Texas (El Paso) | 18th | 97,053[1] |
| Bexar County, Texas (San Antonio) | 16th | 106,793 |
- El Paso County was so hard hit it was paying county jail inmates $2 an hour to move bodies. The jobs were later hired out at $27.20 an hour. See: Rocha, Alana. “Incarcerated Texans Enlisted to Work in County Morgue as COVID-19 Deaths Overwhelm El Paso.” The Texas Tribune, The Texas Tribune, 15 Nov. 2020, www.texastribune.org/2020/11/15/coronavirus-texas-el-paso-inmates-morgue-deaths/. Borunda, Daniel. “COVID-19 Crisis: El Paso County Seeks Workers to Move 200-plus Bodies at Morgue, Trailers.” El Paso Times, El Paso Times, 20 Nov. 2020, www.elpasotimes.com/story/news/local/el-paso/2020/11/19/el-paso-covid-19-crisis-county-hiring-workers-move-bodies-morgue-trailers/6351130002/. ↵
