Texas has seen a massive surge in coronavirus cases recently, with a recent average of at least 5,000 new reported cases a day.
A choir of more than 100 people performed for Vice President Mike Pence without face masks on Sunday at a megachurch in Dallas, Texas, CNN reported.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention previously warned that group singing performances — like a choir recital — could be a"super-spreader event," meaning it could transmit the virus easily. Gov. Abbott said the state was seeing a"swift and very dangerous turn" in the pandemic, with an average of 5,000 new cases reported each day, the BBC reported. Hospitals are hurrying to expand their intensive care unit capacity to cope with the increase.
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