"I want to remind all Texans that each of us have a responsibility to help slow the spread of this virus, and I urge everyone to wear a mask, wash their hands regularly, practice social distancing, and stay home if possible," Texas Governor Greg Abbott said.
The survey, involving almost 300 white Americans, also found democrats were more likely to see Chinese people as a threat.
"This is not a disease that simply just 'goes away,'" Dr. Joshua Barocas of Boston University School of Medicine told Newsweek.
Richard Stutt of Cambridge University said the widespread use of face masks combined with physical distancing and minor lockdowns may help to manage the pandemic and re-open economic activity.
Four of the state's top five highest number of hospitalizations since the outbreak began were reported in the past five days.
The study involved over 750,000 people, according to biotech company 23andMe.
A COVID-19 simulation revealed virus DNA spread to nearly half of a hospital ward's tested surfaces 10 hours after a sample was placed inside a room for high-risk patients.
"Some people who are asymptomatic, or some people who don't have symptoms, can transmit the virus on," the World Health Organization's Dr. Maria Van Kerkhove said Tuesday.
Organizations have written to the Trump and Trudeau administrations.
California and Texas are currently among the top 10 states with the most confirmed cases in the country.
The percentage of positive COVID-19 tests in the past week was reported to be significantly higher than the average rate seen throughout the outbreak.
Almost 10,000 people in Bergamo had their blood screened, according to health officials.
Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear announced his administration will begin working to end health care inequalities in black communities, with the aim of providing coverage to "100 percent" of the state's African-American communities.
There are "no drugs or other therapeutics presently approved" to combat COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, according to the CDC.
An upstate New York barber accused of cutting hair out of his home during the shutdown has contracted the coronavirus.
