AUSTIN (KXAN) — Texas is close to reporting 800,000 cases of COVID-19 since the pandemic first started sickening people in the state in March.
Additionally, the death toll from the disease caused by the novel coronavirus in Texas has now exceeded 16,500 people.
In a video lasting less than five minutes, Will DuPree discusses the latest numbers as well as these other stories in KXAN Live News Notes:
- The Senate Judiciary Committee begins considering the nomination of Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court on Monday.
- Another court reinstated Gov. Greg Abbott’s order to limit Texas counties to one drop-off location for mail-in ballots.
- Early voting in Texas begins Tuesday and lasts through Oct. 30.
- Dr. Jill Biden, the wife of Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden, will make three stops in Texas on Tuesday.
- Austin ISD students protested this weekend to ask district leaders to give educators more options to work virtually.
- FULL COVERAGE: The latest coronavirus news in Austin, Texas, the United States and the world
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