While the number of total COVID-19 cases in Bandera County continued growing this week, the number of active cases stayed under five by one key measure, which allowed local officials to seek an exemption from the requirement that face coverings be worn by the residents and visitors when in a public or private area where six-feet of distance cannot be kept between each other. Bandera County had not been under the face covering mandate imposed by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott until July 9, when its active COVID-19 case count jumped past 20, the trigger for the mandate to apply. Since then, the ...