BREAKING: Texas set a new record for reported deaths in a day from COVID19 with 197 people since yesterday. The state has now lost 4,348 people to COVID. That is 916 people in just 7 days - more deaths than we saw all of June. We've lost almost 2,000 this month.
Texas also set a new record for hospitalizations of COVID patients. State is reporting 10,893 lab-confirmed COVID patients in hospitals - that is up 48 from yesterday.
New Texas COVID-19 data
3,104,148 people tested (up 60,577 since yesterday)
351,618 positive cases (up 9,879 from yesterday)
4,348 deaths (197 more people since yesterday)
10,893 currently hospitalized with COVID (up 48 from yesterday)
3,104,148 people tested (up 60,577 since yesterday)
351,618 positive cases (up 9,879 from yesterday)
4,348 deaths (197 more people since yesterday)
10,893 currently hospitalized with COVID (up 48 from yesterday)
The 7 day averages
9,852 positive tests per day
131 deaths per day
10,644 in hospital for COVID19
Previous 7 days
9,326 positive tests per day
88 deaths per day
10,233 in hospitals per day
9,852 positive tests per day
131 deaths per day
10,644 in hospital for COVID19
Previous 7 days
9,326 positive tests per day
88 deaths per day
10,233 in hospitals per day
In summary, we had a huge, record jump in the number of people dying from COVID-19 and have lost twice as many people in July than we did in June. Also hospitalizations continue to grow, but not as fast as they did two weeks ago.
