DSHS list of Trauma Service Areas with high COVID-19 hospitalizations under Executive Order GA-32 (as archived January 15, 2021)

The record

Jurisdiction

Texas

Level

Sector regulator

Authority

Executive Order GA-32 ¶ 2 ('A current list of areas with high hospitalizations will be maintained at www.dshs.texas.gov/ga3031')

Issued

2021-01-15 Jan. 15, 2021

Effective

Rolling; the January 15, 2021 capture lists TSAs A, B, D, E, F, G, H, I, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T and V (read as 2021-01-15)

End

2021-03-10 (GA-34 removed the operating limits; the list continued as the county-judge mitigation trigger until GA-38, 2021-07-29) (read as 2021-03-10)

In force

Jan. 15, 2021 to Mar. 10, 2021

Quarters

2020 Q42021 Q1

2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3

Limitation types

Business closureCapacity limitHealth care ordersAlcohol and bars

Addressees

• every business establishment in the listed Trauma Service Areas
• bars
• hospitals (GA-31 elective postponement)

Functions reached

• all non-CISA premises in 18 of 22 Trauma Service Areas cut to 50%
• BA bars closed in those areas
• SX elective procedures postponed in those areas
• CB

Collection

Texas TX

Operative words

Per the GA-32, areas with high hospitalizations means any Trauma Service Area that has had seven consecutive days in which the number of COVID-19 hospitalized patients as a percentage of total hospital capacity exceeds 15 percent... The following counties are part of Trauma Service Areas where, for the last seven days, 15% or more of total hospital capacity has been COVID-19 patients. Trauma Service Area A (Amarillo)... B (Lubbock)... D (Abilene)... E (Dallas/Ft. Worth)... F (Paris)... G (Longview)... H (Lufkin)... I (El Paso)... L (Belton/Killeen)... M (Waco)... N (Bryan/College Station)... O (Austin)... P (San Antonio)... Q (Houston)... R (Galveston)... S (Victoria)... T (Laredo)... V (Rio Grande Valley).

Enforcement

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