More Medical Resources Deployed to Southwest Texas

Governor Greg Abbott announced the state has deployed additional resources to El Paso and Lubbock areas of southwest Texas to help combat COVID-19 in these communities.

As of November 11, 2020, Texas has deployed over 1,350 medical personnel to the El Paso region with the Alternate Care Site, established in late October, is increasing capacity from 65 beds to 100 beds. And, over 9.1 million masks, 3 million gloves, 964,000 gowns and coveralls, and over 245,000 face shields have been allocated. The State is currently operating 8 testing sites across El Paso County. 

Last week, Governor Abbott announced that U.S. Air Force Medical Specialty Teams have been deployed by the U.S. Department of Defense to assist area hospitals with surge capacity.