For agencies that do not report data every day, variation in the schedule on which cases or deaths are reported, such as around holidays, can also cause an irregular pattern in averages. The Times is excluding these anomalies from seven-day averages when possible. Governments often revise data or report a single-day large increase in cases or deaths from unspecified days without historical revisions, which can cause an irregular pattern in the daily reported figures. Probable cases and deaths count individuals who meet criteria for other types of testing, symptoms and exposure, as developed by national and local governments. The tallies on this page include probable and confirmed cases and deaths.Ĭonfirmed cases and deaths, which are widely considered to be an undercount of the true toll, are counts of individuals whose coronavirus infections were confirmed by a molecular laboratory test. Texas added a backlog of 1,476 cases from prison inmates in Anderson and Brazoria Counties. Texas changed its methodology for reporting coronavirus deaths to use death certificates, causing a spike in the total number by including deaths that were not previously announced. Texas began reporting probable cases, resulting in a one-day increase. Texas announced many backlogged cases from unspecified days from Health Region 7 in Central Texas. Texas added a backlog of cases in Bell and Webb counties.īrazos County announced a backlog of about 2,000 cases. Texas added around 7,000 probable cases in Cameron County. Texas added many deaths from previous months after reviewing records. Texas did not announce new cases and deaths for the Thanksgiving holiday. Texas added many cases from earlier in December that had not previously been reported because of a data processing issue. Texas did not announce new cases and deaths for the Christmas holiday. Some counties reported data independently. Texas did not announce new cases and deaths for the New Year's holiday. Texas audited cases data from previous years, which added about 26,000 cases to the state total and resulted in one-day increases or decreases in cumulative cases for many counties. The Times began including death certificate data reconciled by the C.D.C., resulting in a one-day increase in total deaths. The Times began using state data for Chambers County after local officials stopped reporting data regularly, resulting in a one-time decrease in cases. The federal data updates approximately once a month and appears as a spike in deaths on the day it updates. data based on death certificates for locations that do not report deaths regularly or comprehensively. Total case counts increased or decreased significantly in many counties. Texas finalized case and death counts for 2021, resulting in a total increase in cases after adding previously unreported probable cases and removing duplicates. More about reporting anomalies or changes The Times has identified reporting anomalies or methodology changes in the data.

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