Houston coronavirus updates: What you need to know for April 4 – Chron.com

By Alison Medley

Updated

3: 01 pm CDT, Saturday, April 4, 2020

Chron.com is compiling essentially the latest headlines on the COVID-19 pandemic and its effects on the Houston station. Sight live updates from HoustonChronicle.com right here.

3: 00 p.m.

The confirmed COVID-19 cases for Houston obtain now climbed to recent tally of 690.  The ninth dying from this pandemic has also been reported in Houston, in step with Mayor Turner.  A person in his 60’s with underlying properly being prerequisites has died from coronavirus, in step with Turner.

1: 08 p.m.

To curb the unfold of coronavirus, Walmart talked about this would perhaps presumably now enable no bigger than five potentialities for every and each 1,000 square feet at a given time, roughly about 20% of the common retailer’s capability. To connect apart in pressure the restriction, workers be asked to queue at a single-entry door, and pronounce arriving potentialities there, the build they’ll be admitted one after the opposite. Walmart joins Target and others in attempting to restrict the different of potentialities within the retailer to stem the unfold of COVID-19.

Beginning build Saturday, HEB workers will wear gloves and masks.  The retailer might perhaps also station protective screens on the registers.

10: 49 a.m.

Astros’ superstar, Justin Verlander and his wife, Kate Upton command that they are going to donate Verlander’s MLB paychecks to reasonably more than a couple of organizations helping COVID-19 reduction efforts. In Verlander’s Instagram put up, he talked about, “Everyone across the sphere is tormented by this virus,” Verlander talked about. “We hope to contribute to the families and jobs affected, the healthcare workers and first responders on the entrance traces and the completely different others wanting current necessities, clinical offers and toughen at home.”

Changed guidance: U.S. urges masks as dramatic steps to strive in opposition to virus roll out

9: 53 a.m.

A Conroe firefighter used to be placed below a 48-hour self-isolation after paramedics were known as out to abet out a patient with a defibrillator. The patient later tested sure for COVID-19.  The agonize for infection is ever modern for first responders during this viral outbreak, as Jose Gonzalez reports.  The comprehensive records is that Conroe firefighters are geared up with PPE, including N95 masks, protective look wear and latex-free gloves.  “We manufacture now not need the public to assume that we’re now not coming within the occasion that they’ve indicators,” talked about Joe Craig, Conroe Fire coaching deputy chief. “If every person knows it be a doable COVID-19 contact, then we’re geared up for it.”

9: 38 a.m.

Fifty Delta Airways pilots obtain tested sure for COVID-19, in step with the Atlanta Journal Structure. Earlier this week, the firm launched that a Delta ground handler had died from coronavirus

9: 13 a.m

The coronavirus cases worldwide has now climbed to 1,139,207 cases, in step with Johns Hopkins College.  There are for the time being 278,537 cases within the usa. The Spanish High Minister says he needs to lengthen the country’s converse of emergency for one other two weeks, after asserting 18,324 infected properly being care workers.

8: 50 a.m. 

Houston has now reached a tally of 506 COVID-19 cases, with the dying toll rising to eight.  For Harris County, there are indubitably 519 cases, with 5 deaths.

Texas for the time being has 6,050 confirmed cases of coronavirus.