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As the delta variant spreads, Texas’ coronavirus test positivity rate exceeds 10% for the first time since February
['Texas Tribune Staff']
Date: 2020-04-14 20:00:00+00:00

These numbers come from the Texas Department of State Health Services, which typically updates statewide case counts by 4 p.m. each day.

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, state prisons. It does not include cases or vaccinations reported at military bases.

Texas' population estimate is from the Census Bureau's 2019 one-year American Community Survey. Population estimates for the state’s counties are from the 2019 five-year survey, which captures smaller counties. The state’s population by race, ethnicity and age group are from the Census Bureau’s 2019 Vintage population estimates.

Notes about the data:

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

Antibody tests were included in the new total tests counts for each day before May 14. Previously, the state had counted about 50,000 total antibody 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 into molecular and antigen tests on their site. We’ve combined the two to come up with the total number of viral tests.

On Aug. 7, DSHS reported that some molecular tests had been miscoded, inflating the number of antibody tests over the previous couple of days. This was corrected, resulting in the number of antibody tests to decline from the 6th to the 7th. Because a breakdown of these tests is not available, the charts are showing the inflated numbers on those days.

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 the number of backlogged probable cases. Here’s the total number of backlogged cases reported each day, broken down by case type.

Total backlogged cases July 22 Confirmed: 193; Probable: 90 July 21 Confirmed: 150; Probable: 34 July 20 Confirmed: 91; Probable: 45 July 19 Confirmed: 24 July 18 Confirmed: 36; Probable: 9 July 17 Confirmed: 54; Probable: 17 July 16 Confirmed: 17; Probable: 25 July 15 Confirmed: 81; Probable: 31 July 14 Confirmed: 83; Probable: 23 July 13 Confirmed: 138; Probable: 52 See all dates July 12 Confirmed: 7 July 11 Confirmed: 26; Probable: 4 July 10 Confirmed: 110; Probable: 13 July 9 Confirmed: 113; Probable: 14 July 8 Confirmed: 53; Probable: 19 July 7 Confirmed: 32; Probable: 23 July 6 Confirmed: 96; Probable: 24 July 5 Confirmed: 7; Probable: 3 July 4 Confirmed: 152; Probable: 6 July 3 Confirmed: 204; Probable: 58 July 2 Confirmed: 207; Probable: 55 July 1 Confirmed: 227; Probable: 123 June 30 Confirmed: 485; Probable: 189 June 29 Confirmed: 527; Probable: 151 June 28 Confirmed: 61; Probable: 1 June 27 Confirmed: 20; Probable: 6 June 26 Confirmed: 536; Probable: 162 June 25 Confirmed: 584; Probable: 111 June 24 Confirmed: 489; Probable: 217 June 23 Confirmed: 558; Probable: 89 June 22 Confirmed: 40; Probable: 18 June 21 Confirmed: 4 June 20 Confirmed: 42; Probable: 3 June 19 Confirmed: 362; Probable: 63 June 18 Confirmed: 233; Probable: 58 June 17 Confirmed: 194; Probable: 58 June 16 Confirmed: 252; Probable: 46 June 15 Confirmed: 40; Probable: 10 June 14 Confirmed: 6; Probable: 1 June 13 Confirmed: 12; Probable: 8 June 12 Confirmed: 61; Probable: 18 June 11 Confirmed: 310; Probable: 58 June 10 Confirmed: 300; Probable: 42 June 9 Confirmed: 2,284; Probable: 33 June 8 Confirmed: 2,399; Probable: 110 June 7 Confirmed: 137 June 6 Confirmed: 11; Probable: 2 June 5 Confirmed: 344; Probable: 18 June 4 Confirmed: 351; Probable: 482 June 3 Confirmed: 245; Probable: 84 June 2 Confirmed: 89; Probable: 68 June 1 Confirmed: 28; Probable: 3 May 31 Confirmed: 12 May 30 Confirmed: 74; Probable: 2 May 29 Confirmed: 97; Probable: 11 May 28 Confirmed: 102; Probable: 35 May 27 Confirmed: 207; Probable: 20 May 26 Confirmed: 117; Probable: 45 May 25 Confirmed: 1,234; Probable: 268 May 24 Confirmed: 10; Probable: 3 May 23 Confirmed: 76 May 22 Confirmed: 160; Probable: 74 May 21 Confirmed: 127; Probable: 49 May 20 Confirmed: 211; Probable: 28 May 19 Confirmed: 196; Probable: 50 May 18 Confirmed: 333; Probable: 135 May 17 Confirmed: 7 May 16 Confirmed: 36; Probable: 19 May 15 Confirmed: 212; Probable: 93 May 14 Confirmed: 171; Probable: 45 May 13 Confirmed: 155; Probable: 18 May 12 Confirmed: 256; Probable: 19 May 11 Confirmed: 142; Probable: 123 May 10 Confirmed: 3; Probable: 3 May 9 Confirmed: 52; Probable: 6 May 8 Confirmed: 206; Probable: 35 May 7 Confirmed: 209; Probable: 42 May 6 Confirmed: 299; Probable: 66 May 5 Confirmed: 127; Probable: 89 May 4 Confirmed: 354; Probable: 80 May 3 Confirmed: 20 May 2 Confirmed: 42; Probable: 1 May 1 Confirmed: 108; Probable: 77 April 30 Confirmed: 139; Probable: 52 April 29 Confirmed: 176; Probable: 104 April 28 Confirmed: 174; Probable: 633 April 27 Confirmed: 330; Probable: 702 April 26 Confirmed: 330; Probable: 6 April 25 Confirmed: 62; Probable: 1 April 24 Confirmed: 144; Probable: 23 April 23 Confirmed: 126; Probable: 40 April 22 Confirmed: 273; Probable: 78 April 21 Confirmed: 226; Probable: 112 April 20 Confirmed: 595; Probable: 1,289 April 19 Confirmed: 21 April 18 Confirmed: 73; Probable: 8 April 17 Confirmed: 157; Probable: 95 April 16 Confirmed: 146; Probable: 127 April 15 Confirmed: 154; Probable: 71 April 14 Confirmed: 142; Probable: 18 April 13 Confirmed: 867; Probable: 989 April 12 Confirmed: 47 April 11 Confirmed: 42; Probable: 5 April 10 Confirmed: 393; Probable: 144 April 9 Confirmed: 237; Probable: 147 April 8 Confirmed: 1,262; Probable: 260 April 7 Confirmed: 390; Probable: 56 April 6 Confirmed: 778; Probable: 826 April 5 Confirmed: 67; Probable: 2 April 4 Confirmed: 30 April 3 Confirmed: 178; Probable: 22 April 2 Confirmed: 114; Probable: 37 April 1 Confirmed: 106; Probable: 25 March 31 Confirmed: 376; Probable: 35 March 30 Confirmed: 87; Probable: 72 March 29 Confirmed: 457; Probable: 912 March 28 Confirmed: 123; Probable: 7 March 27 Confirmed: 120; Probable: 70 March 26 Confirmed: 2,345; Probable: 258 March 25 Confirmed: 170; Probable: 109 March 24 Confirmed: 527; Probable: 159 March 23 Confirmed: 226; Probable: 100 March 22 Confirmed: 212; Probable: 551 March 21 Confirmed: 72; Probable: 5 March 20 Confirmed: 83; Probable: 38 March 19 Confirmed: 126; Probable: 53 March 18 Confirmed: 133; Probable: 35 March 17 Confirmed: 250; Probable: 80 March 16 Confirmed: 179; Probable: 51 March 15 Confirmed: 463; Probable: 670 March 14 Confirmed: 280; Probable: 1 March 13 Confirmed: 251; Probable: 17 March 12 Confirmed: 317; Probable: 110 March 11 Confirmed: 548; Probable: 154 March 10 Confirmed: 227; Probable: 226 March 9 Confirmed: 413; Probable: 93 March 8 Confirmed: 787; Probable: 508 March 7 Confirmed: 530; Probable: 3 March 6 Confirmed: 704; Probable: 153 March 5 Confirmed: 786; Probable: 154 March 4 Confirmed: 1,550; Probable: 575 March 3 Confirmed: 1,422; Probable: 219 March 2 Confirmed: 287; Probable: 205 March 1 Confirmed: 1,482; Probable: 358 Feb. 28 Confirmed: 155; Probable: 24 Feb. 27 Confirmed: 2,886; Probable: 104 Feb. 26 Confirmed: 443; Probable: 180 Feb. 25 Confirmed: 304; Probable: 182 Feb. 24 Confirmed: 365; Probable: 152 Feb. 23 Confirmed: 463; Probable: 1,642 Feb. 22 Confirmed: 3,399; Probable: 334 Feb. 21 Confirmed: 209; Probable: 16 Feb. 20 Confirmed: 230; Probable: 24 Feb. 19 Confirmed: 120; Probable: 26 Feb. 18 Confirmed: 99; Probable: 20 Feb. 17 Confirmed: 146; Probable: 114 Feb. 16 Confirmed: 301; Probable: 16 Feb. 15 Confirmed: 463 Feb. 14 Confirmed: 345; Probable: 36 Feb. 13 Confirmed: 405; Probable: 60 Feb. 12 Confirmed: 1,051; Probable: 80 Feb. 11 Confirmed: 597; Probable: 108 Feb. 10 Confirmed: 486; Probable: 287 Feb. 9 Confirmed: 469; Probable: 88 Feb. 8 Confirmed: 208; Probable: 3 Feb. 7 Confirmed: 142; Probable: 40 Feb. 6 Confirmed: 421; Probable: 284 Feb. 5 Confirmed: 411; Probable: 194 Feb. 4 Confirmed: 297; Probable: 238 Feb. 3 Confirmed: 389; Probable: 288 Feb. 2 Confirmed: 608; Probable: 355 Feb. 1 Confirmed: 16,142; Probable: 1,536 Jan. 31 Confirmed: 305; Probable: 30 Jan. 30 Confirmed: 1,068; Probable: 392 Jan. 29 Confirmed: 476; Probable: 226 Jan. 28 Confirmed: 547; Probable: 299 Jan. 27 Confirmed: 341; Probable: 328 Jan. 26 Confirmed: 665; Probable: 145 Jan. 25 Confirmed: 319; Probable: 103 Jan. 24 Confirmed: 445; Probable: 31 Jan. 23 Confirmed: 421; Probable: 207 Jan. 22 Confirmed: 372; Probable: 434 Jan. 21 Confirmed: 594; Probable: 344 Jan. 20 Confirmed: 505; Probable: 303 Jan. 19 Confirmed: 53; Probable: 42 Jan. 18 Confirmed: 618; Probable: 167 Jan. 17 Confirmed: 302; Probable: 58 Jan. 16 Confirmed: 487; Probable: 167 Jan. 15 Confirmed: 647; Probable: 223 Jan. 14 Confirmed: 140; Probable: 170 Jan. 13 Confirmed: 290; Probable: 245 Jan. 12 Confirmed: 637; Probable: 114 Jan. 11 Confirmed: 180; Probable: 3 Jan. 10 Confirmed: 236; Probable: 27 Jan. 9 Confirmed: 502; Probable: 90 Jan. 8 Confirmed: 449; Probable: 125 Jan. 7 Confirmed: 507; Probable: 153 Jan. 6 Confirmed: 279; Probable: 101 Jan. 5 Confirmed: 1,312; Probable: 138 Jan. 4 Confirmed: 122; Probable: 121 Jan. 3 Confirmed: 46; Probable: 4 Jan. 2 Confirmed: 281 Jan. 1 Confirmed: 139; Probable: 145 Dec. 31 Confirmed: 381; Probable: 92 Dec. 30 Confirmed: 308; Probable: 105 Dec. 29 Confirmed: 1,030; Probable: 244 Dec. 28 Confirmed: 964; Probable: 1 Dec. 27 Confirmed: 415; Probable: 74 Dec. 26 Confirmed: 129; Probable: 10 Dec. 25 Confirmed: 219; Probable: 20 Dec. 24 Confirmed: 517; Probable: 155 Dec. 23 Confirmed: 655; Probable: 118 Dec. 22 Confirmed: 1,125; Probable: 97 Dec. 21 Confirmed: 902; Probable: 44 Dec. 20 Confirmed: 150; Probable: 14 Dec. 19 Confirmed: 891; Probable: 128 Dec. 18 Confirmed: 1,061; Probable: 112 Dec. 17 Confirmed: 614; Probable: 194 Dec. 16 Confirmed: 671; Probable: 124 Dec. 15 Confirmed: 824; Probable: 250 Dec. 14 Confirmed: 126; Probable: 1 Dec. 13 Confirmed: 156; Probable: 43 Dec. 12 Confirmed: 446; Probable: 96 Dec. 11 Confirmed: 319; Probable: 81 Dec. 10 Confirmed: 335 Dec. 9 Confirmed: 248 Dec. 8 Confirmed: 415 Dec. 7 Confirmed: 179 Dec. 6 Confirmed: 137 Dec. 5 Confirmed: 296 Dec. 4 Confirmed: 263 Dec. 3 Confirmed: 582 Dec. 2 Confirmed: 1,666 Dec. 1 Confirmed: 1,227 Nov. 30 Confirmed: 139 Nov. 29 Confirmed: 163 Nov. 28 Confirmed: 70 Nov. 27 Confirmed: 1,043 Nov. 26 Confirmed: 213 Nov. 25 Confirmed: 961 Nov. 24 Confirmed: 394 Nov. 23 Confirmed: 128 Nov. 22 Confirmed: 197 Nov. 21 Confirmed: 229 Nov. 20 Confirmed: 274 Nov. 19 Confirmed: 207 Nov. 18 Confirmed: 383 Nov. 17 Confirmed: 799 Nov. 16 Confirmed: 310 Nov. 15 Confirmed: 171 Nov. 14 Confirmed: 296 Nov. 13 Confirmed: 600 Nov. 12 Confirmed: 2,705 Nov. 11 Confirmed: 1,313 Nov. 10 Confirmed: 346 Nov. 9 Confirmed: 606 Nov. 8 Confirmed: 281 Nov. 7 Confirmed: 333 Nov. 6 Confirmed: 324 Nov. 5 Confirmed: 262 Nov. 4 Confirmed: 579 Nov. 3 Confirmed: 301 Nov. 2 Confirmed: 420 Nov. 1 Confirmed: 148 Oct. 31 Confirmed: 325 Oct. 30 Confirmed: 818 Oct. 29 Confirmed: 669 Oct. 28 Confirmed: 452 Oct. 27 Confirmed: 237 Oct. 26 Confirmed: 282 Oct. 25 Confirmed: 511 Oct. 24 Confirmed: 374 Oct. 23 Confirmed: 712 Oct. 22 Confirmed: 374 Oct. 21 Confirmed: 261 Oct. 20 Confirmed: 174 Oct. 19 Confirmed: 2,475 Oct. 18 Confirmed: 168 Oct. 17 Confirmed: 319 Oct. 16 Confirmed: 188 Oct. 15 Confirmed: 111 Oct. 14 Confirmed: 262 Oct. 13 Confirmed: 80 Oct. 12 Confirmed: 264 Oct. 11 Confirmed: 156 Oct. 10 Confirmed: 184 Oct. 9 Confirmed: 386 Oct. 8 Confirmed: 452 Oct. 7 Confirmed: 345 Oct. 6 Confirmed: 260 Oct. 5 Confirmed: 1,217 Oct. 4 Confirmed: 703 Oct. 3 Confirmed: 3,660 Oct. 2 Confirmed: 774 Oct. 1 Confirmed: 300 Sept. 30 Confirmed: 348 Sept. 29 Confirmed: 250 Sept. 28 Confirmed: 2,693 Sept. 27 Confirmed: 402 Sept. 26 Confirmed: 1,603 Sept. 25 Confirmed: 1,327 Sept. 24 Confirmed: 480 Sept. 23 Confirmed: 415 Sept. 22 Confirmed: 13,856 Sept. 21 Confirmed: 7,060 Sept. 20 Confirmed: 225 Sept. 19 Confirmed: 394 Sept. 18 Confirmed: 514 Sept. 17 Confirmed: 529 Sept. 16 Confirmed: 2,617 Sept. 15 Confirmed: 526 Sept. 14 Confirmed: 1,416 Sept. 13 Confirmed: 5 Sept. 12 Confirmed: 419 Sept. 11 Confirmed: 59 Sept. 10 Confirmed: 166 Sept. 9 Confirmed: 168 Sept. 8 Confirmed: 5 Sept. 7 Confirmed: 3 Sept. 6 Confirmed: 195 Sept. 5 Confirmed: 30 Sept. 4 Confirmed: 1,267 Sept. 3 Confirmed: 62 Sept. 2 Confirmed: 177 Sept. 1 Confirmed: 248 Aug. 31 Confirmed: 241 Aug. 30 Confirmed: 65 Aug. 29 Confirmed: 30 Aug. 28 Confirmed: 59 Aug. 27 Confirmed: 541 Aug. 26 Confirmed: 94 Aug. 25 Confirmed: 255 Aug. 24 Confirmed: 93 Aug. 23 Confirmed: 905 Aug. 22 Confirmed: 616 Aug. 21 Confirmed: 370 Aug. 20 Confirmed: 380 Aug. 19 Confirmed: 550 Aug. 17 Confirmed: 5,195 See fewer dates

On Aug. 24, 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 antigen 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, the state removed 39 confirmed cases from Anderson County’s case count due to adjustments from TDCJ.

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