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COVID-19 cases jumped 85%, from 2,874 cases on Monday to 5,330 on Friday, according to the Texas Department of State Health Services. https://www.kvue.com/article/news/health/coronavirus/coronavirus-cases-rose-85-since-monday-but-thats-not-what-all-happened/269-efbf4a6c-7b6a-4fd5-8a15-6b0d0bbf1f28

“Workers who need to travel back and forth over the Texas-Louisiana border will need to get a letter from the state, according to the Texas Department of Emergency Management.
Companies will need to make the request by filling out the GA 11 and GA 12 travel exemption form found at texas.gov/covid19.” https://www.kvue.com/article/news/health/coronavirus/texas-governor-orders-travel-restrictions-for-anyone-coming-into-state-from-louisiana/502-24a93360-4615-41e9-8099-bc7cb9727ac7

Austin Regional Clinic is looking into finding other labs or doing the CV tests in-house due to long delays getting results. Results are still taking a week or more.

Rural counties around Austin do not have or will not test for CV. Many are posting on area boards upset with this. Coughs, fever, can’t smell, aches and the usual CV symptoms and who were around confirmed cases. That isn’t enough. Only until you are in respiratory distress. Otherwise, go home. No additional aid.

Austin Central TX Food Bank gave out 56 lbs of food per person at Nelson Field on Saturday. 10 Austin locations at https://www.centraltexasfoodbank.org/food-assistance/get-food-now

Austin setting us washing stations and cell phones for the homeless.

Businesses still ignoring shut down orders. Cops shut down a nail salon, vape shops, gambling joints, etc. near us and they’re back open again.

Mexico border - “Like many El Paso residents, Aaron de la Rosa has family on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border and likes to keep in touch with them. I probably come here once a month to check up on family and then I return home,” he said. The COVID-19 pandemic has made him more cautious but he continues to cross into Mexico. On Thursday, he was among dozens of motorists who came up to a checkpoint set up by Mexican authorities south of the Bridge of the Americas to screen visitors from the United States for signs of COVID-19. Juarez police asked him if he was experiencing a cough, headaches or difficulty breathing, and a paramedic took his temperature.” https://www.kxan.com/news/us-visitors-dont-mind-coronavirus-checkpoints-at-mexican-border/

Big Bend National Park closed.

Various city parks are closed for the Easter weekend. Otherwise, they’re open but restrooms and playscapes are closes and water fountains turned off.