Texas continues to see large increases in new coronavirus infections
For the eighth day in a row, Texas has recorded more than 1,000 new confirmed cases of COVID-19, the disease linked to the coronavirus, indicating that infections are not easing even as the state con…
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Texas sees deadliest COVID-19 day so far with 58 deaths
DALLAS (AP) — Texas saw its deadliest COVID-19 day of the coronavirus pandemic so far, with state officials reporting 58 deaths during a time span between Wednesday and Thursday afternoon, according to state tabulations. In Corpus Christi, 63 workers of the 747 employees, contractors and vendors...
Some stats I've been reading over the past few days:
-Yesterday was the deadliest Covid-19 day so far, 58 deaths in one day
-Yesterday was also the 13th day in a row of plus-900, eighth day in a row of plus-1000, fourth day in row of plus-1300 new covid 19 cases in Texas
-Number of daily confirmed cases is increasing at rapid pace. Daily confirmed cases was over 1400 on Thursday.
-Dallas-area has reported 8000 new cases since reopening, Houston-area 6000 new cases
-Texas still lags behind much of the country in testing.
-Texas, on May 11th, matched the single worst day for new-covid cases going back to April 10th. On april 10th, there were 0 lock down restrictions. On may 11th, much of the state was locked down, with businesses restricted to supposedly 25% capcity, meaning May 11th was a much worse day per capita of shoppers:
Sorta-positive note: Harris County (Houston) has not experienced a spike, rather it has plateued since reopening. All the other major counties have received a spike. No major county has received a decline in cases.
Overall, Covid-19 cases are up 5% and deaths are up 3%, both very large spikes for one of the most populous states in the nation.
Fuck Greg Abbott and Dan Patrick and John Cornyn and Ted Cruz.
EDIT: To the people saying the increase in cases is due to the increase in testing:
Let's put some further numbers to this, to show how testing increased throughout april, yet cases per day decreased, we'll start on april 10th, the day after the previous worst day in texas. I'm going by 3 days each jump because i don't want to be counting every day:
april 10th to april 13th: 17,308 tests done during this span (totals: 133,226-115,918)
april 13th to april 16th: 22,321 tests done (totals: 155,547-133,226)
april 16th to april 19th: 27,163 tests done (totals: 182,710 - 155,547)
april 19th to april 22nd: 34,073 tests done (totals: 216,783 - 182,710)
april 22nd to april 25th: 46,033 tests done (totals: 262,816 - 216,783)
trend continues throughout may
the first major protests in Texas began on april 18th, 19th, and 20th in austin dallas and houston, then again on the 23rd, then again on the 25th, to account for the pre-may rise. Every day in April, the number of daily tests done increased, yet the daily cases count went down. As soon as people started going out en-mass, beginning with the protests and extending with the reopening, the daily cases count started going up as testing increased.
If, as people were saying, the increase in texas cases was simply because testing was increasing, it would have shown in April, yet it did not. The trend reversed as soon as people started congregating, exactly as everyone was told.
Keep in mind, these are done in groups of 3 day totals, just to reduce the work on my part. The trend is still visible, however.
Here is the daily cases chart color coordinated to the above:
The blue is during the lock down in april (again, as testing increased). The orange is the week when protests started. The green is the time period after the reopening.
WHY THESE DATES MATTER: April 10th, the highest single day total in Texas, came approximately 2 weeks after Greg Abbott issued a soft shelter-in-place warning, which began on March 25th. The period between April 10th to April 22, which is the only dip in the current trend of daily cases, also represents a two week period. May 1st, Texas reopened. May 10th, roughly 2 weeks after the protests began and reopening the state, we've basically matched April 10th in new cases. The corona virus can take up to two weeks for symptoms to display, hence the importance of these multiple two-week windows.
Again, during all this time, testing has steadily increased. Yet the trend reversed. The case count going up is NOT because testing is increasing. The increase in cases has not correlated to the increase in testing, it's a different curve that correlates to the increase in public activity.
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