10 things you need to know today: June 26, 2020

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1. Texas pauses reopening as coronavirus cases surge in South and West

Coronavirus infections continued to surge across the South and West on Thursday as the nationwide daily tally surpassed a record set in April. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R), one of the first to ease lockdown restrictions, paused the economic reopening in his state, where hospitalizations have tripled since Memorial Day. Businesses that were allowed to reopen, including bars, restaurants, and malls, can continue operating, with existing restrictions. "The last thing we want to do as a state is go backwards and close down businesses," Abbott said in a press release. In Arizona, a record 415 COVID-19 patients were on ventilators. Mississippi reported record one-day jumps in new cases twice this week. "Really bad things are going to happen," Mississippi Health Officer Dr. Thomas Dobbs said.

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Harold Maass is a contributing editor at The Week. He has been writing for The Week since the 2001 debut of the U.S. print edition and served as editor of TheWeek.com when it launched in 2008. Harold started his career as a newspaper reporter in South Florida and Haiti. He has previously worked for a variety of news outlets, including The Miami Herald, ABC News and Fox News, and for several years wrote a daily roundup of financial news for The Week and Yahoo Finance.