Odessa mayor David Turner says he's self-isolating

Odessa mayor David Turner says he has quarantined himself after discovering he made contact with a person who has the coronavirus.

Turner announced the news on Thursday.

According to Turner, he started self-isolation on Monday.

Mayor Pro Temp Peggy Dean and others on the city's staff are filling in at this time.

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that there have been just under 200 cases of the coronavirus in the county. Five patients have died and 137 have recovered.