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The Latest: Texas judge upholds El Paso business shut down
(AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)AUSTIN, Texas โ A Texas district judge on Friday upheld an order from El Paso Countyโs top elected official shutting down businesses while the region fights an alarming surge in COVID-19 cases. The state reported 540 confirmed coronavirus cases over the past 24 hours. ___TOPEKA, Kan. โ Kansas added a record-setting 5,418 new coronavirus cases over two days as hospitals warned that staffing was being seriously strained. ___PRISTINA, Kosovo โ Kosovo authorities ordered a weekend lockdown following a spike in daily coronavirus cases. Russiaโs tally of confirmed coronavirus cases โ currently the fourth largest in the world โhas exceeded 1.7 million following a quick spread of contagion since September.