Texas Ranks Highest In Number of COVID-19 Cases In US

[appalachiablue]

Source: AP News

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas has surpassed California in recording the highest number of positive coronavirus tests in the U.S. so far, according to data from Johns Hopkins University.

As the coronavirus pandemic surges across the nation, the data from Sunday — the most recent available — says that there have been 938,503 cases in Texas, the nation’s second-most populous state. California, the most populous state, has had 938,119 cases, followed by Florida with 812,063.

The true number of infections is likely higher because many people haven’t been tested, and studies suggest people can be infected and not feel sick. More than 29 million people live in Texas. The state’s cases per 100,000 population is 3,269.84. By comparison, California — home to more than 39 million people — has a rate of 2,371.56 cases per 100,000.

A summer surge of cases overwhelmed hospitals in Houston and along the hard-hit border with Mexico. But in the fall case numbers dipped, and Gov. Greg Abbott began relaxing some coronavirus restrictions, allowing restaurants and gyms to let more people inside. He also let county leaders decide if they wanted to reopen bars at 50% capacity. But cases and hospitalizations are once again on the rise.

Read more: https://apnews.com/article/texas-highest-number-covid-cases-4200e23d4ddeeff3728d5038ca3f3d10

[BigmanPigman]

1. Not looking very good...

Deaths per 1 Million Pop.
644...TX
448...CA

Cases per 1 Million Pop.
33,427...TX
23,846...CA

https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/us/

CA was doing great until businesses had "open the beauty shops and bars" rallies...mostly white, young people who are selfish about staying safe and greedy businesses who use ignorant people to further their "more money for me, everyone else can die" agenda.

[appalachiablue]

2. Greed rules over safety and science. Tx for posting this info.

[Warpy]

3. I can't blame the business people, really

because too much of the relief money went to the stock market and too little went to them. They're afraid of losing everything, and that is a reasonable fear. We knew it was a dirty deal when Dumdum and McConnell crushed the idea of having anyone watch where the money went.

I don't blame the young, either, they're immortal and don't realize what the stakes really are.

I blame piss poor leadership. Period.

[Scruffy1]

4. It's the worst here in El Paso.

We have been averaging over a thousand cases per day out of a polulation just under a million. We are airlifting non-covid cases out of the area to make room and have turned our convention center into a hospital space. El Paso is not a rich city and we were prett good until Abbot and Paxton decided they wanted things open. Currently, they are fighting with Judge Samaniega who ordered another shutdown of nonessential businesses. Like I said we are not a rich city and most people don't have the luxury of working from home and can't afford not to work for very long. I am lucky I'm retired and can hole up in the casa. We are only 3% of the opulation of Texas, but are getting about 20% of the reported cases. After 7 months of stress our medical personell are stretched beyond the limit. I am hoping that thongs get better but don't think they will without a complete shutdown.

[appalachiablue]

5. You're really going thru rough times, hope that improves, a lot.

My parents were in El Paso when dad was in OCS training before leaving for Europe and WWII combat with the 7th Army.

I have photos of them w other officer couples that I treasure; mom really fell in love with it there and the Southwest.

[Lonestarblue]

10. I really feel for the people of El Paso.

And I blame Abbott for reopening the state too early back in the spring and also preventing local mayors from mandating and enforcing mask wearing. Cases were falling before his actions, but now they’re worse than ever. I’m in Austin, and we’re holding steady right now, though we’re not close to the low number of cases last April before Abbott struck. I sure hope voters remember his poor leadership in 2022.

Stay safe!

[progree]

6. New cases per 100,000 per day, 7 day moving average: Texas: 24, U.S.A: 26, California: 11

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/world/coronavirus-maps.html

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/us/coronavirus-us-cases.html

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/us/texas-coronavirus-cases.html

[keithbvadu2]

7. Not to worry. The governor says they have plenty of hospital beds

NOT . Just the governor's alternative facts.

[Javaman]

8. I want to personally thank my gov. asshole abbott.

thank you, you fucking asshole.

[Javaman]

9. does my state also rank highest in the number of morons per capita? nt

[apnu]

11. The Dakotas must be pissed Texas took their spot

I'm kidding, but also not.

[progree]

12. TX is far higher than Nodak in cases. But less than NoDak in per capita cases

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/us/coronavirus-us-cases.html

In below, "Per 100K" is per 100,000 people (a popular way of expressing a per capita quantity)

Cumulative total cases since beginning of pandemic:

NODAK: Total cases: 46,020, Per 100K: 6039
TEXAS: Total cases: 965,029, Per 100K: 3328

And as far as new cases in last 7 days, Texas way beats NoDak, but per 100K people, NoDak way beats Texas:

New cases, daily average (7 day moving average) :

NODAK: Cases: 1,111, Per 100K: 146
TEXAS: Cases: 6,924, Per 100K: 24

For comparison, the U.S. average in daily average new cases is 26 per 100K.

In both cumulative total cases and new cases, Texas has long long beat NoDak since the very beginning

In per capita new cases, NoDak has for months been higher than Texas, and still is -- about 6 times higher.

There hasn't been any recent place change between NoDak and Texas in any metric that I'm aware of.

Populations per Worldometers
https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/us/

NODAK: 0.762 Million
TEXAS: 28.996 Million (38 times NoDak's population)