Three Republican-led states are seeing a record number of new COVID-19 cases since their reopening.
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Yet, Governor Ron DeSantis said he has no plans of another state shutdown.
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Texas governor, Greg Abbott, attributed his state’s rise in numbers to an increase in testing.
Abbott has said that the state is better prepared for COVID-19 cases than in the early months of the pandemic.
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The state has reported over 1,800 new cases.