Los fallecidos han sido en los condados Harris, Fort Bend, Matagorda, Brazoria, Montgomery, Liberty, Wharton y Chambers. Autoridades han señalado sobre el aumento de casos desde que se hizo la reapertura económica en Texas. Se han recuperado 145,970 pacientes.

Harris County Public Health announced Monday that among a population of more than 4.7 million residents, the county has seen "117,568 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Houston/Harris County and 1,578 [COVID-related] deaths. A total of 100,941 patients have recovered."

At present, Harris County is at the highest threat level: Red level 1. Hidalgo told KPRC 2 Monday that scaling back to orange on the COVID-19 Threat Level system is on the horizon.

As of Sept. 15, at least 14,957 COVID-19 cases have been confirmed across the 10 ZIP codes that fall within Cy-Fair ISD’s boundaries, according to Harris County Public Health.

The coronavirus vaccine or vaccines will still be experimental, so every person who gets one will need to be tracked to make sure there are no adverse reactions. There is no plan yet for any of this. "We have gotten very little information on how this is going to roll out," said Harris County Public Health's Umair Shah. "That makes it even more difficult to plan."

The Houston region count is 169,066, up 1,700 from Sunday. Harris County added 1,396 new cases Monday, and is at 117,568 cases total.

According to Harris County Public Health, as of September 13, there are 14,094 active cases in Harris County, with a total of 116,172 confirmed cases. There are 19 active cases in Webster, with a total of 308 confirmed cases.

Houston's positivity rate increased from 6.63 percent to 8.11 percent. Harris County cases increased by 1,023 to 116,172.

As the COVID-19 positivity rate continues to drop in Houston and Harris County, Judge Lina Hidalgo said she is considering moving the county's threat level to orange.

Another 1,411 new cases of COVID-19 were confirmed over the Sept. 12-13 weekend along with 19 deaths caused by the coronavirus, according to public health departments in Harris County and the city of Houston.