Testing capacity across the state remained extremely limited until after the first recorded cases were announced. The initial origin of community spread in Texas remains unclear, but numerous anecdotal accounts by those later confirmed have included onset dates as early as December 28 in Point Venture, and retrospective analyses have found unexplained statistical increases in deaths during this time. ^ Texas ceased estimating recoveries on January 14, 2022.^ Cases with unknown county of residence were omitted from December 1 through December 9, 2021.^ Probable cases are included from December 11, 2020.Īs of April 3, 2021, vaccination in Texas lagged behind the US average, with rates lower than in three of four neighboring states, having administered 12,565,129 COVID-19 vaccine doses, equivalent to 43,334 doses per-100,000 of the state's population. The death rate in Texas was 175 for every 100,000 people, while national COVID-19 death rate was 179 per 100,000. As of late May 2021, there were 50,198 COVID-19 related deaths reported in that state. Īlthough Texas had a higher concentration of cases, it had fewer deaths. It has the third-highest number of deaths related to the virus, behind New York and California, and the 24th-highest count of deaths per capita. The state recorded its first death associated with the disease on March 17 in Matagorda County.Īs of April 3, 2021, Texas has the second-highest number of confirmed cases in the United States, behind California, and the 26th highest number of confirmed cases per capita. The first documented case of COVID-19 in Texas outside of evacuees at Lackland was confirmed on March 4 in Fort Bend County, and many of the state's largest cities recorded their first cases throughout March. nationals evacuated from China to Joint Base San Antonio–Lackland beginning in early February however, retrospective analyses have suggested a much earlier origin than previously thought.
The state of Texas confirmed its first case on February 13, 2020, among U.S. The COVID-19 pandemic in Texas is a part of the ongoing viral pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), a novel infectious disease caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2).
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