Where some COVID-19 patients visited in Houston area

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — As the number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the Houston-area continues to rise, many residents are becoming fearful of being contaminated while out in public.

On Monday, Harris County officials ordered a mandatory shutdown of all bars and nightclubs to maintain social distancing. Restaurants have also been ordered to limit its services to drive-thru and delivery only.

READ MORE: All Harris County bars and nightclubs ordered to shut down

It’s leaving some residents wondering: Where have some of the patients with a confirmed or presumptive case of COVID-19 visited in the Houston area? Here’s what we know:

Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo:
Four people who have tested positive for COVID-19 visited the same tent at the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo Barbecue Cookoff last month, according to organizers.

Two cases from Brazoria County, one case of a Patton Village police officer in Montgomery County, and a case from Galveston County were people who visited the Latino Peace Officer’s Association tent, known at the cook-off as the “LPOA Roadkill Cafe,” according to LPOA spokesperson Roy Gaivey.

READ MORE: Brazoria, Montgomery, Galveston County COVID-19 cases tied to same rodeo cook-off tent

Life Time Fitness gym

According to an email sent to members obtained by ABC13, the gym chain said an individual who recently visited the Greenway Club on March 7 has since been diagnosed with a presumptive case of COVID-19.

St. Cecilia Catholic School:
On March 7, Harris County Public Health released a statement saying one of the people who tested positive in the Houston-area coronavirus cases may have visited the church at St. Cecilia’s School in west Houston.

The following day, St. Cecilia Catholic School released a message saying an individual who tested positive for the coronavirus had attended mass on Wednesday, Feb. 26 around 5:30 p.m.

“We were informed that the individual sat in the last pew on the left side of the church,” the press release stated.

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Spring:
Reported on March 12, Harris County said a man between the ages of 40 and 50 from the northwest part of Harris County has a presumptive positive case of COVID-19. Officials stated it informed Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Spring about possible exposure to the case.