How coronavirus impacted Texas: Hospitalizations, vaccinations, cases and deaths

Hospitalizations

decreased

by 233 patients compared with a week ago. As of Aug. 22, 2,879 Texans are hospitalized with the coronavirus.

Average new cases

decreased

by 1,739 cases compared with the seven-day average a week ago. On Aug. 23, 6,172 new cases were reported, bringing the seven-day average to 7,801.

Average new deaths

stayed the same

compared with the seven-day average a week ago. On Aug. 23, 26 new deaths were reported.

Vaccination rate

61.6%

of Texans are fully vaccinated as of Aug. 22. 73.9% have received at least one dose and around 7.6 million Texans are unvaccinated.

By Texas Tribune Staff Published: April 14, 2020 Updated: Aug. 24, 2022

From April 2020 to August 2022, the Texas Tribune used data from the Texas Department of State Health Services to track coronavirus hospitalizations, vaccinations, cases and deaths. The state data came from vaccine providers, city and county health departments, hospitals and laboratories. We stopped updating these numbers in August 2022.

What you should know:

As of Aug. 24, 2022, the Tribune’s coronavirus tracker will no longer be updated. We know the pandemic is not over, but the time has come for us to shift how we’re covering the spread of COVID-19 in Texas.
We want to thank you, our readers, for your continued support of this product. We are grateful the tracker has been such a helpful resource since it was launched in April 2020.
You can learn more about this decision by reading our T-Squared post. For the most up-to-date information on the impact of COVID-19 in Texas, follow our coverage on our coronavirus series page.
While this page will not be updated again, you can find similar data from DSHS, which publishes case, hospitalization, test and vaccine dashboards every weekday.

How many people are in the hospital?

On Aug. 22, there were at least 2,879 hospitalized patients in Texas with confirmed coronavirus infections. This data does not account for people who are hospitalized but have not gotten a positive test.

Total current patients with COVID-19 in hospitals

The state says roughly 2% to 6% of Texas hospitals do not report hospitalizations data each day.

9% of hospitals or more reported incomplete data

On Aug. 22, the state reported 9,291 available staffed hospital beds, including 790 available staffed adult ICU beds statewide. Patients with COVID-19 currently occupy 4.8% of total hospital beds.

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Where are most of the COVID-19 cases in Texas?

As of Aug. 23, the state has reported around 7.7 million cases, with 6.2 million confirmed cases and 1.4 million probable cases reported since the pandemic began. Confirmed cases are detected by molecular PCR lab tests, which are taken with a nasal swab and are highly accurate according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Probable cases are detected through rapid antigen tests, which are faster and less accurate.

These totals may differ from what county and city health departments report. The Tribune is measuring both the number of cases in each county and the rate of cases per 1,000 residents in the last two weeks.

New confirmed and probable cases reported in the last two weeks

The number of cases reported per 1,000 residents in the last two weeks shows where outbreaks are occurring. Counties with fewer residents are more prone to large numbers because a handful of new cases can dramatically increase case rates.

Editor’s note: Sparsely populated Loving County has reported several new cases in the last two weeks, making its rate much higher than other counties. We have hidden its rate on the map to show trends elsewhere.

Sources: Case data from the Texas Department of State Health Services, population data from the 2020 U.S. census
Note: Case counts include confirmed and probable cases. The 14-day percentage change for counties with zero average daily cases two weeks ago is shown as "--".

County	Avg. daily cases	14-day trend	New cases last 14 days	Total cases	Total deaths	Deaths per 1,000
Harris	1,377	-24%	19,276	1,186,808	11,216	2.4
Dallas	820	-14%	11,485	642,166	6,864	2.6
Bexar	832	-7%	11,646	641,246	6,271	3.1
Tarrant	719	-10%	10,061	597,754	5,338	2.5
Travis	356	-22%	4,981	268,154	1,774	1.4
El Paso	295	-20%	4,128	235,411	3,781	4.4
Fort Bend	299	-21%	4,189	226,672	1,185	1.4
Collin	418	+14%	5,851	249,214	1,537	1.4
Hidalgo	352	-20%	4,923	240,743	3,582	4.1
Denton	290	+6%	4,056	194,451	1,387	1.5

Williamson	205	-20%	2,868	154,735	896	1.5
Montgomery	176	-17%	2,466	160,967	1,325	2.1
Galveston	115	-33%	1,616	111,888	871	2.5
Webb	92	-5%	1,293	104,198	1,051	3.9
Cameron	135	-15%	1,891	121,563	2,068	4.9
Brazoria	123	-31%	1,718	108,767	1,005	2.7
Lubbock	124	-18%	1,732	102,940	1,353	4.4
Nueces	114	-40%	1,591	95,651	1,298	3.7
Brazos	58	-37%	810	68,409	425	1.8
Bell	102	-31%	1,425	77,045	919	2.5
Hays	98	-13%	1,373	67,598	449	1.9
McLennan	77	-28%	1,074	67,801	925	3.5
Jefferson	94	-4%	1,312	58,449	861	3.4
Ellis	55	-15%	774	53,782	592	3.1
Johnson	57	-11%	794	48,053	751	4.2
Wichita	48	-2%	678	36,078	691	5.3
Smith	83	-13%	1,159	51,552	982	4.2
Kaufman	48	-6%	673	39,413	540	3.7
Parker	35	-20%	486	37,792	463	3.1
Guadalupe	47	-3%	652	42,578	407	2.4
Potter	22	-7%	313	31,153	658	5.6
Midland	52	-8%	734	44,401	502	3
Randall	14	-19%	198	28,537	499	3.5
Grayson	34	-4%	473	29,542	651	4.8
Comal	56	+1%	777	39,599	563	3.5
Ector	48	-22%	669	40,749	714	4.3
Rockwall	26	-20%	364	29,338	272	2.5
Maverick	25	-44%	355	23,039	471	8.1
Victoria	23	-30%	322	21,329	414	4.5
Bastrop	32	-21%	453	24,981	243	2.5
Walker	16	-36%	225	20,857	214	2.8
Coryell	18	-38%	256	19,464	217	2.6
Starr	24	-31%	341	22,258	368	5.6
Liberty	23	-29%	322	20,568	408	4.5
Wise	20	+47%	283	18,261	275	4
Val Verde	13	-41%	185	15,526	305	6.4
Taylor	42	-25%	582	35,559	738	5.2
Caldwell	21	-28%	296	16,443	182	4
Henderson	28	+2%	389	17,024	429	5.2
Gregg	26	-21%	362	25,203	702	5.7
Bowie	31	+6%	427	22,371	441	4.7
Hunt	30	-7%	424	17,795	366	3.7
Atascosa	13	-20%	176	14,869	233	4.8
Chambers	11	-37%	159	11,660	70	1.5
Burnet	15	-21%	205	12,454	173	3.5
Uvalde	7	-31%	91	11,204	146	5.9
San Patricio	17	-35%	233	13,010	351	5.1
Nacogdoches	15	-25%	215	13,615	267	4.1
Tom Green	57	-26%	798	35,366	467	3.9
Angelina	12	-3%	168	16,328	489	5.7
Jim Wells	10	-46%	142	12,940	216	5.6
Hood	11	+20%	150	14,204	281	4.6
Waller	13	-20%	187	10,858	109	1.9
Washington	10	-32%	134	10,126	151	4.2
Grimes	8	-34%	109	9,435	125	4.3
Wilson	13	+13%	183	12,016	162	3.3
Medina	17	+90%	234	11,281	206	4.1
Matagorda	22	+148%	308	9,599	178	4.9
Wharton	11	-47%	153	10,516	222	5.3
Harrison	19	+22%	263	14,622	227	3.3
Van Zandt	15	-24%	207	11,449	291	4.9
Hill	8	+14%	116	9,577	197	5.5
Bee	8	-45%	109	9,330	154	5
Anderson	11	-16%	160	10,368	246	4.2
Hockley	10	-28%	136	8,440	164	7.6
Orange	8	-36%	109	16,439	364	4.3
Rusk	12	-37%	169	11,713	235	4.5
Brown	22	+5%	313	13,327	230	6
Palo Pinto	9	+25%	129	7,581	155	5.5
Willacy	12	-4%	174	8,128	135	6.7
Hale	9	-51%	122	7,395	246	7.6
Navarro	10	-26%	141	13,372	223	4.2
Erath	6	-17%	89	9,268	125	2.9
Cooke	7	-38%	99	8,000	136	3.3
Hardin	11	-39%	158	13,734	253	4.5
Titus	14	-2%	192	9,423	130	4.2
Hutchinson	5	+5%	67	7,130	137	6.6
Polk	4	-50%	62	8,661	255	5.1
Kleberg	9	-48%	122	8,469	150	4.8
Wood	14	-14%	190	8,862	292	6.5
Kendall	10	+9%	139	9,191	127	2.9
Karnes	3	+28%	41	6,222	72	4.9
Lampasas	4	-24%	59	5,973	93	4.3
Hopkins	9	-21%	121	7,861	185	5
Austin	7	-5%	99	6,504	78	2.6
Cass	11	-28%	153	8,016	198	7
Dimmit	2	-29%	27	6,043	51	5.9
Scurry	6	-6%	78	5,391	105	6.2
Frio	4	-33%	53	6,408	94	5.1
Kerr	7	-17%	95	10,392	190	3.6
San Jacinto	6	-45%	84	6,249	106	3.9
Fannin	9	-9%	126	7,484	185	5.2
Burleson	6	-15%	86	5,544	68	3.9
DeWitt	5	-19%	73	6,964	101	5.1
Lamar	14	+0%	202	10,559	263	5.3
Montague	5	+37%	70	5,000	130	6.5
Gray	6	+6%	89	6,589	131	6.2
Calhoun	8	-22%	109	6,487	52	2.6
Jasper	14	-17%	196	7,408	193	5.9
Deaf Smith	8	-28%	111	5,302	115	6.2
Robertson	4	-2%	61	4,943	77	4.6
Limestone	8	+23%	106	5,599	127	5.7
Moore	5	+5%	66	6,011	113	5.3
Aransas	8	-38%	106	5,034	91	3.8
Howard	5	-33%	76	7,358	189	5.4
Upshur	9	+2%	126	8,455	189	4.6
Cherokee	14	-17%	200	8,859	256	5.1
Young	3	-26%	39	4,293	95	5.3
Andrews	11	-27%	147	4,483	72	3.9
Gillespie	4	-26%	59	5,856	112	4.2
Lamb	6	+53%	84	4,733	123	9.4
Gonzales	4	-35%	56	5,097	105	5.3
Zavala	3	-2%	42	4,341	69	7.1
Fayette	4	-29%	51	5,195	113	4.6
Falls	6	+61%	87	4,132	68	4
Colorado	4	+2%	56	4,160	67	3.3
Jones	4	+5%	62	4,940	93	4.7
Milam	7	-24%	94	5,486	106	4.3
Bosque	6	+12%	86	4,504	70	3.8
Llano	6	-34%	88	4,557	98	4.6
Madison	3	-22%	42	4,022	58	4.3
Wilbarger	4	-34%	58	3,834	89	6.9
Nolan	2	-68%	32	3,358	100	6.8
Leon	5	+34%	71	4,003	94	6
Shelby	4	-31%	51	4,823	134	5.6
Panola	5	-40%	73	5,102	132	5.9
Duval	5	-41%	64	3,943	70	7.1
Bandera	3	-33%	48	4,009	78	3.7
Jackson	4	-41%	57	3,591	59	3.9
Lavaca	3	-17%	43	4,576	123	6
Childress	1	-69%	11	2,786	34	5.1
Comanche	2	-26%	32	3,857	78	5.7
Reeves	6	-18%	81	5,111	75	5.1
Zapata	5	+5%	68	4,083	55	4
Pecos	4	-64%	51	3,186	71	4.7
Freestone	3	+9%	38	4,081	85	4.4
Lee	6	-18%	89	4,791	62	3.5
Houston	5	-27%	74	4,591	113	5.1
Ward	4	+67%	60	3,063	47	4
Ochiltree	2	-32%	25	2,565	48	4.8
Archer	3	-14%	37	2,454	28	3.3
Eastland	3	-48%	42	3,061	115	6.5
Trinity	2	-58%	33	2,973	75	5.5
Tyler	14	+8%	191	4,407	88	4.4
Castro	3	-31%	42	2,520	48	6.5
Dawson	4	-13%	58	3,221	97	7.8
Clay	2	+4%	27	2,322	38	3.7
Camp	5	-27%	73	3,206	76	6.1
La Salle	2	+87%	28	2,529	49	7.4
Mitchell	1	-63%	19	2,003	50	5.6
Morris	4	-14%	54	2,757	75	6.3
Dallam	3	+37%	37	2,280	43	6
Blanco	3	-39%	38	2,919	35	3.1
Hamilton	< 1	-57%	6	2,023	34	4.1
Live Oak	1	-52%	19	2,292	42	3.7
Gaines	3	+73%	38	2,311	83	3.8
Callahan	3	-41%	37	3,220	74	5.4
Franklin	3	-17%	39	2,407	45	4.3
Winkler	3	-19%	35	1,998	34	4.4
Terry	1	+200%	18	2,863	85	7.2
Parmer	2	+13%	26	2,523	53	5.4
Jack	1	-32%	13	1,610	30	3.5
Somervell	1	-35%	11	2,167	37	4
Swisher	2	-26%	34	2,458	34	4.9
Lynn	1	+23%	16	1,616	39	7
Brooks	5	+57%	63	1,881	52	7.3
Refugio	3	-20%	47	2,031	38	5.6
Floyd	3	-17%	45	2,146	48	8.9
Runnels	2	-32%	34	2,577	68	6.9
Mills	1	+220%	16	1,518	37	8.3
Coleman	3	+8%	42	1,815	73	9.5
Carson	2	-16%	26	1,637	37	6.4
Red River	3	-24%	35	2,522	69	6
Rains	3	-15%	39	2,036	59	4.9
Crosby	4	+70%	51	2,062	45	8.8
Hemphill	1	+25%	15	1,302	7	2.1
Hartley	1	+67%	15	1,416	3	0.6
Marion	3	+46%	38	1,840	61	6.3
Yoakum	8	+105%	117	1,537	42	5.5
Stephens	2	-4%	26	1,982	50	5.5
Bailey	1	-20%	8	1,675	39	5.6
Wheeler	1	+43%	20	1,259	22	4.4
Goliad	3	+47%	47	1,418	32	4.6
Brewster	2	+12%	29	1,219	32	3.4
Hall	1	-29%	12	1,178	24	8.5
Newton	2	-48%	33	1,609	62	5.1
Hudspeth	1	+38%	18	1,126	18	5.6
San Saba	2	-18%	27	1,353	36	6.3
Jim Hogg	6	-35%	84	3,292	22	4.5
Martin	2	-32%	21	1,328	26	5
Sabine	2	+13%	34	1,416	89	9
Delta	1	-6%	17	1,933	27	5.2
Presidio	1	+45%	16	1,082	39	6.4
McCulloch	8	+391%	113	1,560	47	6.2
Hansford	2	-56%	23	2,139	30	5.7
Cochran	1	-28%	13	946	23	9
Kinney	1	+38%	11	795	12	3.8
Garza	1	-10%	18	1,366	29	5
Real	2	+32%	25	935	25	9.1
Concho	1	-59%	11	1,206	11	3.3
Fisher	1	-44%	10	664	26	7.1
San Augustine	1	0%	14	1,152	45	5.7
Lipscomb	< 1	-86%	1	753	17	5.6
Collingsworth	2	-36%	23	795	16	6
Hardeman	1	+75%	7	581	20	5.6
Culberson	< 1	0%	2	527	14	6.4
Donley	1	-55%	10	1,214	26	8
Haskell	2	-12%	22	991	39	7.2
Kimble	1	-50%	14	821	15	3.5
Armstrong	1	-7%	14	626	10	5.4
Sutton	1	+120%	11	880	14	4.2
Crane	1	-37%	20	1,403	24	5.1
Coke	1	-12%	14	970	20	6.1
Sherman	< 1	0%	1	510	16	5.8
Briscoe	1	+75%	7	498	8	5.6
Edwards	1	+9%	12	536	11	7.7
Baylor	1	-5%	18	884	33	9.5
Oldham	< 1	-29%	5	600	6	3.4
Mason	2	+100%	32	902	13	3.3
Knox	2	+425%	21	566	25	7.5
Reagan	1	0%	11	933	15	4.4
Cottle	< 1	-33%	4	351	9	6.5
Irion	1	-35%	11	540	3	2
Menard	< 1	-50%	5	585	12	6.1
Schleicher	1	+11%	10	564	9	3.7
Dickens	1	+29%	9	489	16	9
Shackelford	< 1	-50%	4	731	12	3.9
Jeff Davis	1	+14%	8	257	9	4.5
Foard	< 1	-60%	2	230	11	10
Crockett	1	-62%	18	1,226	20	6.5
Roberts	< 1	0%	3	185	2	2.4
Upton	1	-59%	7	885	18	5.4
McMullen	< 1	+150%	5	180	9	15
Motley	1	+40%	7	303	13	12.2
Sterling	< 1	-88%	3	290	9	6.6
Throckmorton	< 1	+100%	4	283	10	6.9
Terrell	0	-100%	0	131	3	3.9
Glasscock	< 1	-67%	1	219	3	2.7
Borden	< 1	-83%	1	111	2	3.2
Stonewall	0	-100%	0	379	7	5.6
Loving	1	-16%	16	318	1	15.6
Kent	< 1	-50%	1	215	4	5.3
Kenedy	< 1	-67%	1	95	2	5.7
King	0	No cases	0	52	0	0

Statewide	9,273		129,823	7,665,031	88,373	3

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How many new cases are reported each day?

On Aug. 23, Texas reported 4,060 new confirmed cases and 2,112 new probable cases for a total of 6,172.

There have been 6.2 million confirmed cases, which are detected through PCR lab tests. In November 2020, the state reported the first of 1.4 million probable cases, which are detected through rapid tests.

The state reports very limited demographic data for people who have had COVID-19, so the impact on Texans of color is difficult to measure.

7-day average of new confirmed cases of COVID-19

The average number of confirmed cases reported over the past seven days shows how the situation has changed over time by de-emphasizing daily swings. Because state data on probable cases is incomplete, they are not shown on this chart.

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How many coronavirus tests are coming back positive?

The positivity rate measures how prevalent the virus is in Texas. A rate over 10% means there is high transmission of the virus in the area, according to the CDC. During Texas’ largest outbreaks, the rate exceeded 20%, meaning 1 in 5 tests were positive.

This rate is calculated by dividing the number of positive tests by the total number of PCR lab tests conducted over the last week. This shows how the situation has changed over time by deemphasizing daily swings.

7-day average for the COVID-19 positivity rate

The state calculates the positivity rate by dividing positive tests by total PCR lab tests conducted in the last week. Because this formula relies on the date on which the test was administered, the rates for previous days are recalculated as more test results from those dates come in.

DSHS reports a second positivity rate based only on rapid tests, which detect probable cases. As of Aug. 22, the rate for rapid tests was 13.2% for the last 7 days. The state reports far fewer rapid tests than PCR lab tests.

At-home tests are not automatically reported to the state, which could skew case counts and the positivity rates.

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How many tests have been administered?

As of Aug. 22, Texas has administered 70.3 million tests for the coronavirus since March 2020. We do not know the number of Texans who have gotten a test because some people are tested more than once. The state’s tally does not include pending tests.

7-day average of new COVID-19 test results

The average number of PCR lab, rapid and antibody tests reported over the past seven days shows how the situation has changed over time by de-emphasizing daily swings.

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How many people have died?

The first death linked to the coronavirus in Texas occurred March 15, 2020 in Matagorda County. As of Aug. 23, 88,373 people who tested positive for the virus have died in Texas. DSHS counts deaths based on death certificates that list COVID-19 as the cause of death, which excludes deaths of people with COVID-19 who died of another cause.

[ This timeline tracks COVID-19’s rampage through Texas over the virus' first year ]

Some regions with the highest mortality rates are predominantly Hispanic. The virus has been more deadly in Hidalgo and Cameron counties in the Rio Grande Valley, where death rates rival more populous parts of the state like Dallas and San Antonio. In El Paso County, thousands of residents have died of COVID-19 since the pandemic began, placing the region far ahead of other major urban counties in deaths per 1,000 residents.

7-day average of new COVID-19 deaths

The average number of deaths reported over the past seven days shows how the situation has changed over time by de-emphasizing daily swings.

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How many Texans have been vaccinated?

As of Aug. 22, 21.5 million people have received at least one dose, which is 73.9% of Texas’ population, and 18 million people, or 61.6%, are fully vaccinated. So far, 7.4 million people, or 25.3%, have gotten booster shots. A total of 46.9 million doses have been administered, including booster shots.

Texas received its first shipments of the COVID-19 vaccine in mid-December 2020. As of June 2022, the vaccines are available to everyone six months and older in Texas, regardless of occupation or health status. The Pfizer and Moderna vaccines require two doses, and the Johnson & Johnson vaccine requires one dose. Booster shots are available to everyone age five and older.

7-day average of COVID-19 vaccine doses reported

COVID-19 vaccines became widely available to everyone age 16 and older in March 2021. Booster shots were first administered in August and became widely available to all adults in November. The state began reporting booster shots in September.

Health experts emphasize vaccinating as many people as possible to curb the virus’ spread. All Texans ages six months and older are eligible for a vaccine. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends people previously infected get vaccinated because scientists aren’t sure how long immunity lasts for them and vaccination further boosts protection against COVID-19.

Percentage of Texans who are fully vaccinated

All Texans ages six months and older are eligible for a vaccine. The state began reporting booster shots in September.

Texas’s vaccination effort has faced geographic and demographic challenges compared to other states. Roughly 1 in 10 people live in rural counties, where health care is harder to access.

In whiter, more rural areas, where the fully vaccinated rate has consistently lagged the statewide rate, vaccine hesitancy is often connected to mistrust in the government. For Hispanic and Black Texans, it commonly stems from a mistrust in the health care system.

State health officials initially rolled out vaccine hubs to help administer shots. But in May 2021, the state shifted the responsibility to doctors, pharmacies, public health offices and other smaller providers who have closer relationships with the community.

Percentage fully vaccinated by county

The percentage of residents who are fully vaccinated shows how county immunization rates compare to the statewide level. This map also shows how many have gotten booster shots.

Who is getting vaccinated?

The first groups eligible for vaccines were long-term care facility residents and staff, Texans ages 65 and older, front-line health care workers and people ages 16 and older with qualifying health conditions. The virus has mostly killed people 60 years and older, prompting urgency in efforts to vaccinate older Texans.

Percentage of Texans fully vaccinated by age group

The percentage of residents vaccinated by age shows which age groups have been vaccinated at higher rates. The state began reporting booster shots by age in December 2021.

The distribution of the vaccine is unequal. Among people who have received at least one shot, the percentage of white and Hispanic recipients is in line with their proportion of the state's population, while Black residents are being vaccinated at lower rates.

Percentage of Texans fully vaccinated by race and ethnicity

This chart shows the percentage of Texans who have been vaccinated by race and ethnicity. The state is currently administering shots to people ages six months and older. The state began reporting booster shots by race and ethnicity in December 2021.

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What else should I know about this data?

These numbers came from the Texas Department of State Health Services.

In order to publish data quickly, the state has to bypass what is normally a monthslong process of reviewing infectious disease data and performing quality checks before publishing. That’s why all of these numbers and information are provisional and subject to change.

The state’s data includes cases from federal immigration detention centers, federal prisons and starting in mid-May 2020, state prisons. It does not include cases or vaccinations reported at military bases.

Total population counts for the state and its counties are from the 2020 U.S. census. The state’s population by race, ethnicity and age group are from the Census Bureau’s Vintage 2019 population estimates.

Notes about the data:

On March 24, 2020, the state changed how it reported numbers resulting in a sharp increase in cases.

Rapid tests were included in the new total tests counts for each day before May 14. Previously, the state had counted about 50,000 total rapid tests as virus tests, artificially deflating the positivity rate.

After a system upgrade on June 7 resulting in incomplete test data, the state revised the test numbers for June 6 to show a decrease in total viral tests. The testing numbers for June 6 are not shown in the test results by day chart.

On June 16, the state included 1,476 cases previously reported by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice from Anderson and Brazoria counties in its cumulative case count. The new cases for June 16 do not include those cases.

On July 17, the state received about 5,268 additional cases from Bexar County. The state only included 608 of those cases as new confirmed cases for that day and added the rest to the cumulative count.

On July 19, the state removed 3,676 duplicate antibody tests from the previous day’s total.

From July 23 to July 28, between 9% and 18% of hospitals reported incomplete hospitalization numbers due to changes in reporting to meet federal requirements.

On July 25, the state removed 2,092 probable cases from the Corpus Christi-Nueces County Public Health District that had been previously included in the cumulative case count.

On July 27, the state began reporting deaths based on death certificates that state COVID-19 as the cause of death. On that day, more than 400 previously unreported deaths were added to the total death toll due to the reporting change.

On July 30, the state said an “automation error” caused approximately 225 deaths to be incorrectly added to the overall death count; a subsequent quality check revealed COVID-19 was not the direct cause of death in these cases. We updated the cumulative numbers for July 27-29 to account for this error. The automation error also caused us to incorrectly state the percentage of Hispanics who have died of COVID-19 and the number of previously unreported deaths on July 27. These have been corrected.

On Aug. 3, the state removed 536 duplicate confirmed cases from the overall cases count for Bexar County. Bexar County reported 471 new confirmed cases on this date.

On Aug. 7, DSHS started dividing viral tests, which detect current infections, into lab and rapid tests on their site.

On Aug. 7, DSHS reported that some lab tests had been miscoded, inflating the number of antibody tests over the previous couple of days. This was corrected, resulting in the number of rapid tests to decline from the 6th to the 7th. As of Dec. 2021, the testing chart does not break down the type of tests.

On Aug. 10, the number of new cases reported did not include new cases from Nueces County due to a “large backlog of positive lab reports” that the county was working through.

In mid-August, several labs submitted large backlogs of tests to the state, which could not have been added until coding errors were fixed and a system update was complete. Because of this, the state reported a record number of tests on Aug. 13. Of those 124,000 tests, approximately 95,000 were from one lab serving several hospitals.

At the same time, DSHS started reporting backlogged cases during their daily updates. They are listed, by month, on the DSHS site. In all instances, these cases were added to the cumulative statewide total, as well as the cumulative count for the county listed on their site. They were not added to the new cases reported for the state that day.

In December, DSHS also began reporting backlogged probable cases when it started reporting probable cases statewide.

As of Aug. 9, 2021, we have stopped listing the backlogs on our site. Instead, you can view them on the DSHS site.

On Aug. 24, 2020, the state was unable to update its testing numbers because of a power outage affecting multiple state agencies. The numbers, however, were added retroactively.

On Sept. 9, TDCJ reported 453 fewer cases among inmates in a state prison in Walker County. These were removed from the county’s total case count, as well as the statewide total.

On Sept. 12, the state said a data entry error caused 91 cases to be incorrectly added to the Sept. 11 statewide and Colorado County total case counts. We updated the cumulative numbers for Sept. 11 to account for this error.

On Sept. 14, DSHS began publishing a new version of the state’s positivity rate, which takes into account the date a test was administered. Previously, the state’s rate relied on the date a test was reported to health officials and verified as a case, which sometimes caused the rate to swing wildly after officials input large numbers of older, backlogged test results. The positivity rate calculation change revealed that the figure was higher in the spring than originally disclosed.

The same day, the state started deduplicating their test results, causing a drop in overall tests. This made the seven-day average of tests incalculable for one week.

Also on Sept. 14, Lamar County overstated their case count by 41 cases. These were removed on Sept. 15. The statewide cumulative case count was also adjusted to reflect this change.

On Sept. 16, case counts decreased in 12 counties. TDCJ reported reduced case counts in Bee and La Salle counties. Cases were deduplicated in Calhoun, Gonzales, Guadalupe, Kerr, Lavaca, Orange, Roberts and Wharton counties. Shackelford and Swisher counties saw decreases after updating case information.

On Sept. 17, case counts decreased in 13 counties. TDCJ reported reduced case counts in Bee, Childress, Houston, Karnes, Madison and Walker counties. Cases were deduplicated in Bandera, Kendall, Titus and Zavala counties. Archer, Swisher and Yoakum counties saw decreases after updating case information.

On Sept. 18, case counts from TDCJ decreased in Anderson County by 1,070, which decreased the total number of cases for that county. Most of these cases were added back on Sept. 21. Also, TDCJ reported reduced case counts in Duval, Fannin, Grimes and Liberty counties. Bailey County saw a decrease after updating case information.

On Oct. 16, El Paso reported 1,555 new cases, which included cases from Oct. 15 and Oct. 16. The county previously did not report any new cases on Oct. 15.

On Oct. 20, some counties could not update their case counts because of an issue assigning cases to the correct jurisdiction in Texas Health Trace, an online system for contact tracing. These were added on Oct. 21.

On Oct. 29, the state removed 273 probable cases from Hays County that had been previously included in the cumulative case count.

On Oct. 30, the state removed 120 positive rapid cases from several counties that had been previously included in the cumulative case count.

On Oct. 31, the state removed 25 duplicate cases from several counties that had been previously included in the cumulative case count.

On Nov. 6, the state adjusted statewide and El Paso County cases after 1,563 cases that should have been reported Nov. 2 and 3 were instead reported Nov. 4.

On Nov. 9, the state removed 2,363 probable cases from Bexar County that had been previously included in the cumulative case count.

On Nov. 11, the state removed 260 overreported cases from Brazoria County’s cumulative case count and the statewide cumulative case count.

On Nov. 14, the state removed 108 overreported cases from McCulloch County’s cumulative case count and the statewide cumulative case count.

On Nov. 14, older cases were incorrectly added to the daily case counts in the following counties: Atascosa, Bandera, Calhoun, Dimmit, Frio, Gillespie, Gonzales, Guadalupe, Jackson, Kendall, Kerr, Lavaca, Medina, Wilson and Zavala. The statewide new case count for that day was adjusted on Nov. 16.

On Nov. 16, the state was unable to update its testing data because of technical difficulties. The issue was resolved, and testing data reported for that date includes laboratory tests from both Nov. 15 and 16.

On Nov. 18, the state removed 2 overreported cases from Loving County’s cumulative case count and the statewide cumulative case count for Nov. 17.

On Nov. 27, the state removed 87 duplicate cases that had been previously included in the cumulative case count in the following counties: Concho, Mason, McCulloch and Winkler.

On Dec. 1, the state removed 270 overreported cases from Galveston County’s cumulative case count and the statewide cumulative case count for Nov. 30.

On Dec. 4, the state removed 112 cases that had been previously included in the cumulative case count for counties in Region 2/3 due to incorrect addresses. The state also removed 33 cases that had been previously included in the cumulative case count for counties in Region 9/10 due to ongoing quality assurance processes.

On Dec. 5, the state removed 30 cases that had been previously included in the cumulative case count for counties in Region 9/10 due to ongoing quality assurance processes.

On Dec. 8, the state removed 1,228 probable cases from Lamar County’s cumulative case count and the statewide cumulative case count. Those counts only include confirmed cases.

On Dec. 9, the state removed 8 overreported cases from Pecos County’s cumulative case count and the statewide cumulative count for Dec. 8.

On Dec. 10, the state removed 88 cases that had been previously included in the cumulative case count for counties in Region 9/10 due to ongoing quality assurance processes.

On Dec. 11, the state removed 96 cases that had been previously included in the cumulative case count for counties in Region 9/10 due to ongoing quality assurance processes.

On Dec. 14, the state removed 14 confirmed cases and 258 probable cases that had been previously included in the cumulative case count for counties in Region 9/10 due to ongoing quality assurance processes.

On Dec. 17, the state removed 14,220 probable and suspected cases that were previously included in the confirmed cases total.

On Dec. 30, the state added roughly 80,000 backlogged antibody tests from Carter BloodCare.

On Jan. 14, 2021, the state removed 1,403 overreported cases from Henderson County’s total case count for Jan. 13. The state also added 142 cases back to Fannin County’s total case count for Jan. 13 that were accidentally not included. This led to an adjustment of the total statewide count.

On Jan. 17, the state removed 1,632 probable cases that had been previously included in the cumulative case count for counties in Region 4/5 due to ongoing quality assurance processes.

On Jan. 20, the state removed 82 confirmed cases that had been previously included in the cumulative case count for Pecos County due to ongoing quality assurance processes.

On Jan. 30, the state removed 335 confirmed cases from Hays County that had been previously included in the cumulative case count after a routine data audit.

On Jan. 31, the state removed 120 overreported cases from Cameron County’s case count for Jan. 30. The statewide cumulative case count was adjusted as well.

On Feb. 1, Region 7 reported 12,836 backlogged confirmed cases and 1,244 backlogged probable cases. These are included in the statewide backlog totals.

On Feb. 5, the state removed 63 confirmed cases that were previously included in the cumulative case count for counties in Region 7 due to ongoing quality assurance processes.

On Feb. 8, the state removed 555 overreported probable cases from Brazoria County’s case count for Feb. 7. The statewide cumulative case count was adjusted as well.

On Feb. 9, the state removed 194 confirmed cases that had been previously included in the cumulative case count for Coryell County in Region 7 due to ongoing quality assurance processes. The state also removed 144 confirmed cases from the county on Feb. 10.

On Feb. 15, the counties in Region 8 did not update. Anderson, Angelina, Gregg, Henderson, Jasper, Newton, Polk, Rains, Sabine, San Augustine, Smith, Tyler, Van Zandt, and Wood counties also did not update.

On Feb. 16, the state removed 704 probable cases from several counties in Region 11 due to ongoing quality assurance processes.

On Feb. 20, the state corrected an error in reporting from Gray County, removing 100 cases.

On Feb. 25, the state removed 108 cases erroneously reported by TDCJ from Bee and Duval counties.

On Feb. 25 and Feb. 26, the number of confirmed cases for Medina County was overreported by 26 and 20 cases, respectively.

On March 1, Bexar County converted 1,843 previously reported probable cases into confirmed cases.

On March 2, the state removed 1,119 cases from Scurry County’s cumulative case count that were accidentally added in mid-February because of a reporting error.

On March 6, a technical issue caused the state to report fewer total antibody tests than the previous day.

On March 17, Region 7 reported two days of COVID-19 numbers. On March 16, they did not update due to technical issues.

On March 30, the state removed 1,000 overreported probable cases from Dallas County’s cumulative case count and the statewide cumulative case count.

In late March and early April, officials in Orange County removed duplicate cases, causing a drop in both probable and confirmed cases.

On April 22, the state reported a low number of tests statewide due to technical issues. The issue was resolved on April 23.

On April 26, the Gulf Coast Regional Blood Center reported the results from 213,923 antibody tests to the state.

On April 27, Hunt County added 802 probable cases and removed 417 confirmed cases.

On May 4, the state removed duplicate cases from the cumulative case counts for counties in Region 8. A total of 232 confirmed and 133 probable cases were removed.

On May 12, TDCJ removed 28 confirmed cases, resulting in decreases in cases in Houston, Johnson, Rusk and Walker counties.

On May 18, Brazoria County removed 24 confirmed cases that were erroneously reported or duplicates. TDCJ also reported 15 older confirmed cases in Houston, Johnson, Rusk and Walker counties.

On May 24, Hays County removed 41 confirmed cases due to the county’s weekly data audit.

On June 5 and 7, several counties in Region 4/5 didn’t report data.

On June 6, several counties in Region 1 and Region 8 didn’t report data.

On June 9, Bell County and Webb County reported 4,750 probable cases that had previously not been included. These cases were not included in the new probable cases reported for the state on June 9.

On June 15, Williamson County removed 329 cases from their cumulative confirmed case count.

On June 16 and June 17, Harris County removed 23 and 382 duplicate cases, respectively, from their cumulative confirmed case count.

On June 18, Frio County removed 86 confirmed cases from their cumulative case count due to adjustments from TDCJ. Harris County also removed 303 confirmed cases from their cumulative case count.

On June 21, Harris County removed 83 cases from their cumulative confirmed case count.

On June 22, Jefferson County reported 505 new confirmed cases, but 482 of these cases were older cases. The historical data was revised on July 8.

On June 23, counties in Region 8 removed 640 confirmed and 490 probable cases from their counts after a major deduplication effort.

On June 24, Harris County removed 170 cases from their cumulative confirmed case count.

On June 26, Ellis and Walker counties removed 96 and 37 confirmed cases, respectively, from their case counts.

On June 28, Harris County removed 187 duplicate cases from their cumulative confirmed case count.

On June 30, Ellis and Walker counties removed 47 and 276 confirmed cases, respectively, from their case counts.

On July 2, Ellis and Jones counties removed 35 and 25 confirmed cases, respectively, from their case counts.

On July 9, the state removed 52 confirmed cases from Ellis County’s case count due to quality assurance processes.

On July 21, July 24 and July 29, the state removed 39, 28 and 12 confirmed cases, respectively, from Anderson County’s case count due to adjustments from TDCJ.

On July 28, the state removed 17 duplicate confirmed cases from Orange County’s case count.

On July 30, the state removed 180 overreported confirmed cases from Bell County’s case count and the statewide cumulative case count.

On Aug. 14, the state reported over 21,000 new confirmed cases due to Bexar County reporting 9,005 new confirmed cases and 1,093 new probable cases after a week of not updating.

On Aug. 17, Bexar County removed 432 new probable cases from their cumulative probable case count.

On Aug. 19, the state removed 540 confirmed cases from Ector County’s cumulative case count that were misreported because of a typo.

On Aug. 22, the state removed 265 confirmed cases from Anderson County’s cumulative case count.

On Sept. 9, the state removed 41 confirmed cases from Anderson County’s cumulative case count due to adjustments from TDCJ.

On Sept. 11, the state removed 577 confirmed cases from Anderson, Coryell, Fannin, Jones, Pecos, San Saba and Wise counties’ cumulative case count due to adjustments from TDCJ.

On Sept. 11, the state removed 54 confirmed cases from Anderson, Houston, San Saba, and Walker counties’ cumulative case count due to adjustments from TDCJ.

On Sept. 23, Bell County removed 38 probable cases because of an increase in at-home testing.

On Sept. 25 and 26, DSHS did not publish vaccination data as usual while its dashboard underwent changes.

On Oct. 6, the state removed 38 confirmed cases from Walker County's cumulative case count due to adjustments from TDCJ.

On Oct. 8, the state removed 54 confirmed cases from Ector County's cumulative case count due to an error in reporting.

On Oct. 14, the state removed 377 confirmed cases from Bell County's cumulative case count due to an error in reporting and 208 duplicative confirmed cases from Walker County’s count due to adjustments from TDCJ.

On Oct. 26, the state removed 24 confirmed cases and 11 probable cases from Bianco County’s case counts and 17 confirmed cases from Fisher County’s case count due to quality assurance processes.

On Oct. 28, the state removed 65 confirmed cases from Stephens, Bowie, Rusk, Bee and Jones counties’ cumulative case count due to adjustments from TDCJ.

On Oct. 29, the state removed 61 confirmed cases from Jones, Liberty, Wharton and Coryell counties’ cumulative case count due to adjustments from TDCJ.

On Nov. 1, the state removed 115 confirmed cases from Anderson County’s cumulative case count due to adjustments from TDCJ.

On Nov. 5, the state removed 17 confirmed cases and 23 probable cases from Goliad County’s cumulative case count due to a reporting error on Sept. 24, 2021.

On Nov. 6, the state removed a total of 66 confirmed cases from Hamilton, Blanco, Bastrop and Mills counties’ cumulative case count due to several reporting errors the day before.

On Nov. 7, the state removed a total of 41 confirmed cases from Winkler, Reeves, Brewster, Jeff Davis, Schleicher, Ward and Crane counties’ cumulative case count and a total of 21 probable cases from Upton, McCullough, Concho, Howard, Irion, Schleicher, Ward and Crane counties’ cumulative case count due to several reporting errors the day before.

On Nov. 10, the state removed 122 confirmed cases from Scurry County’s cumulative case count due to adjustments from TDCJ. The state also removed 672 confirmed cases from Jefferson County’s cumulative count due to a reporting error the day before.

On Nov. 18, the state removed 20, 180 and 50 new confirmed cases from Jones, Anderson and Walker Counties, respectively, due to decreases in reported cases from TDCJ.

On Nov. 20, the state removed a total of 213 duplicate confirmed cases from the counts in Bastrop, Coryell, Liberty, Matagorda, Walker and Wharton counties.

An increase in testing delayed case reporting to state health officials from Dec. 27 to Dec. 31. This caused case numbers from Dec. 31 to Jan. 4 to be inflated. Testing was again delayed on Jan. 11 and 12, causing case numbers to be inflated on Jan. 12 and 13.

Case numbers were high on June 21 due to a delay in processing lab reports from June 15.

Corrections:

Between May 27 and May 30, 2020: The tracker incorrectly stated our formula for calculating the average daily positivity rate. On three of those days, we also had a slightly different positive rate, but have updated our numbers to reflect the state's methodology.

On Sept. 14, 15 and 16: The tracker included incorrect numbers for cumulative statewide tests. On those dates, there had been 5,671,966, 5,729,318 and 5,780,424 tests, not 5,637,040, 5,671,966 and 5,729,318 tests, respectively.

On Sept. 21: The tracker included an incorrect number of total cases because of a DSHS error in reporting Bexar County’s backlogged cases. There were 1,742 cases statewide, not 1,732, and 2,078 backlogged cases in Bexar County, not 2,088.

On Oct. 13: The tracker included the incorrect number of cumulative cases and daily cases statewide because the state overreported the number of cases in Brazoria County by 159. There had been 800,256 cumulative cases, not 800,415, and 5,050 daily cases statewide, not 5,209.

On Nov. 21: The tracker included incorrect death counts for 19 counties due to an editing error: El Paso has 949 deaths, not 106; Ellis has 106 deaths, not 949; Deaf Smith has 36 deaths, not 44; Delta has one death, not 36; Denton has 200 deaths, not one; DeWitt has 44 deaths, not 200; La Salle has 14 deaths, not 10; Lamar has 66 deaths, not 14; Lamb has 35 deaths, not 66; Lampasas has 10 deaths, not 35; Madison has 12 deaths, not two; Marion has 15 deaths, not 59; Martin has 176 deaths, not 169; Mason has two deaths, not six; Matagorda has 59 deaths, not 175; Maverick has 169 deaths, not one; McCullouch has six deaths, not 12; McLennan has 175 deaths, not 15 and McMullen has one death, not 7.

On Dec. 23: The tracker incorrectly said the average number of people who reportedly died from coronavirus within the previous seven days was at its highest since July. It was at its highest since August.

Between Jan. 14 and Feb. 19, 2021: The tracker incorrectly labeled a chart of vaccines administered each day. The chart showed vaccines reported to the state, not vaccines administered.

On Feb. 19: The tracker incorrectly reported Texas has administered 22.5 million tests for the coronavirus since March 2020. The state corrected their number on Feb. 20 to account for a lower number of tests administered in the previous week, and the new total is 22.4 million.

Between Jan. 14 and Feb. 19: The tracker incorrectly labeled a chart of vaccines administered each day. The chart showed vaccines reported to the state, not vaccines administered.

Between Feb. 10 and Feb. 25: The map showing cases reported in the last two weeks contained inaccurate numbers for Scurry County. The state was overreporting cases from TDCJ. The number of total confirmed cases for the county was corrected on March 2.

March 13: The number of new cases in the last 14 days, which is listed in the county table and map, was not updated on March 12. This data was corrected on March 13.

May 26: The total number of cases and deaths, listed in the top boxes, county table and map, included outdated data on May 25. The numbers in the vaccine charts were also outdated. This data was corrected on May 26.

July 9: Between Jan. 4 and July 8, the tracker incorrectly reported the daily number of hospitalizations as one day ahead. For instance, hospitalization numbers for July 7 actually represented the July 6 numbers. This was because of a change in the way DSHS reported its data.

Sept. 14: Between Jan. 6 and Sept. 13, 2021, the chart showing the number of tests administered each day was incorrect. Rapid tests were included with lab tests, causing them to be counted twice in the bar chart. The seven-day average line was not affected. As of Dec. 2021, the chart no longer breaks down the type of tests.

Sept. 15: A previous headline for this story incorrectly stated that the COVID-19 death toll in Texas on Sept. 15 was near 6,000. The correct number of deaths on that date was near 60,000.

Dec. 10: Between Dec. 1 and 9, the Department of State Health Services undercounted confirmed cases by 16,884 and probable cases by 4,023 because of an error in their process for gathering data. This did not affect the positivity rate on those days, which was reported correctly. The case numbers have been corrected.

Dec. 16: For the last several days, the Department of State Health Services incorrectly double counted some people who received a booster shot when totaling the number of fully vaccinated people because of a data processing error. This means 55.6% of people are fully vaccinated as of Dec. 14, not 56% as previously reported.

Clarification:

Sept. 10: The number of total available ICU beds does not include pediatric ICU beds. As of Sept. 1, DSHS started reporting separate totals for available adult and pediatric ICU beds.

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