Texas coronavirus cases hit another all-time high as hospitalizations, deaths surge
The coronavirus pandemic continued its surge in Texas on Thursday as officials reported record increases in new cases, hospitalizations and 47 more deaths, the largest single-day total in more than a month.
Texas reported 5,996 COVID-19 cases for a total of 131,917 confirmed cases, including 2,296 deaths. It’s the third consecutive day the state has reported a record. The 10 highest days of new cases have all come in the past 10 days.
Thursday’s 47 deaths are the most since health officials reported 50 on May 20.
Most alarming for health officials, hospitalizations for COVID-19 increased to 4,739, up 350 patients from Wednesday.
The state has tested 1,659,340 residents, including 29,082 since Wednesday.
Tarrant County passed 10,000 COVID-19 cases, including a single-day high 517 cases on Thursday. Dallas County reported more than 400 cases for the fourth time in the past five days.
“Our goal is to make sure that we put health and public safety first and we are taking action to achieve those goals,” Gov. Greg Abbott said during a television interview with KEYE, the CBS affiliate in Austin. “If you don’t have to go out, do not go out. If you do go out, be sure you wear a face mask and follow those distancing practices to make sure you don’t get or spread COVID-19.”
Estimated active cases over time
Coronavirus daily active case estimates by local counties in the Dallas - Fort Worth metroplex, beginning April 8, 2020. Data provided by Texas Health and Human Services.
