Harris County raises Covid threat level again to ‘significant’

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HOUSTON — Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo on Monday officially raised the county’s Covid threat level back to “orange,” which is the second-highest level, as the number of cases of the virus continues to increase.

The county’s threat level scale advises residents to “minimize all contacts unless vaccinated.”

“Due to the explosive growth of the…