Milam County will be at 50% capacity Wednesday because of COVID-19

As of Wednesday businesses in Milam County will be required to reduce their current occupancy rate from 75% to 50%. Bars will be required to close.

Milam County has become an area of “high hospitalization” as defined by Governor Abbott’s Executive Order 32.

For seven consecutive day the number of COVID-19 patients as a percentage of the total hospital capacity exceeded 15%. We are at 21.54%.   Although, we do not have a hospital in Milam County, our residents are occupying the hospitals in our district.

Executive Order 32 may be reviewed at https://gov.texas.gov/uploads/files/press/EO-GA-32_continued_response_to...

This does not affect churches, schools, (public & private), child care services, government offices, youth camps, recreational sports and some other activities.