HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- On the first weekend of major businesses reopening in Houston, mayor Sylvester Turner said the city matched its highest single-day death total on Saturday.
The mayor reported 115 new COVID-19 cases and five new deaths, which brought the death toll to 65, with nearly all of them involving an underlying health condition.
"In this entire time period, we've never reported in the city of Houston more than five deaths, so this equals the maximum that we have ever reported of people that passed away on any given day," Turner said.
Statewide, Texas has hit a third straight day of more than 1,000 new coronavirus cases Saturday as the state charged into its first weekend of reopening the economy.
Residents are allowed to go back to malls, restaurants, movie theaters and retail stores in limited numbers.