William O. Pate II

Source: Dong E, Du H, Gardner L. An interactive web-based dashboard to track COVID-19 in real-time. Lancet Inf Dis. 20(5):533-534. doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(20)30120-1 as of 2:oo PM CT on 26 December 2020
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

 

  1. 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/. ↵

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