The Texas Department of State Health Services on Friday was reporting four additional travel-related cases of the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, bringing the state total to five. Harris County Public Health and the Houston Health Department announced four cases on Thursday in residents of Harris County who had recently traveled abroad. The first Texas case was announced by Fort Bend County Health and Human Services on March 4. These cases are among a group that traveled overseas together and were being monitored by public health because of a possible exposure to COVID-19. DSHS will update the state case count each day by 10 a.m.