Texas Gov. Greg Abbott tested positive Aug. 17 for COVID-19, he said in a statement.
"I test myself every day and today is the first day that I tested positive," Abbott said in a video statement on Twitter. "I want you to know that as I work my way through this, I will stay engaged every single day on everything happening at the Texas Capitol, including working with the members of the legislature as well as the members across the entire state to keep Texas the best state in the United States."
Abbott, who has been fully was vaccinated for the virus, said he has no symptoms.
"I have received the COVID-19 vaccine, and that may be one reason why I’m really not feeling any symptoms right now,” the governor said. “I have no fever, no aches and pains, no other types of symptoms."
Abbott’s wife, First Lady Cecilia Abbott, tested negative, the governor said.
The governor will isolate in the governor’s mansion and continue to test daily, according to a statement by his communications director Mark Miner.
“Gov. Abbott is receiving Regeneron's monoclonal antibody treatment,” Miner said.
Abbott is in constant communication with his staff, agency heads and government officials to “ensure that state government continues to operate smoothly and efficiently,” Miner said.
Abbott has recently attended several public events and meetings, Fox News reported. His twitter page included a picture of the governor speaking without a mask to a Republican group at a country club near Dallas. Most of the people in the room didn’t appear to be wearing masks, Fox reported.
Late last month, Abbott issued an executive order prohibiting banning cities and schools from implementing their own COVID-19 mitigation mandates. On Aug. 15, the Texas Supreme Court blocked mask mandates by school districts such as Dallas and San Antonio, which had defied Abbott's order, Fox reported.
COVID-19 cases have soared in Texas recently with the seven-day average reaching 12,498 on Monday, the highest since February, Fox reported.