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Does Texas Really Have Zero COVID Deaths?

Why do some people think that Texas has zero COVID deaths?

Texas is still seeing on average about 50 COVID deaths a day, even though some folks are saying that we are now at zero deaths.
Texas is still seeing on average about 50 COVID deaths a day, even though some folks are saying that we are now at zero deaths.

The usual suspects…

Does Texas Really Have Zero COVID Deaths?

Unfortunately, while it would be great if it were true, it isn’t…

Recent data on deaths in the Texas COVID dashboard is obviously incomplete.
Recent data on deaths in the Texas COVID dashboard is obviously incomplete.

The Texas COVID dashboard does suggest that it is close to being true…

But the Texas COVID dashboard now lists at least eight deaths on the day that Greg Abbot is bragging about having zero COVID deaths and it is still incomplete.

At least 2,822 people have died with COVID in Texas since Greg Abbott lifted the mask mandate in March.
At least 2,822 people have died with COVID in Texas since Greg Abbott lifted the mask mandate in March.

And consider that in Dallas County alone, there were at least 39 deaths just since May 15, many deaths that are still not listed on the Texas COVID dashboard.

I thought we were at zero COVID deaths in Texas?!?
I thought we were at zero COVID deaths in Texas?!?

So these folks are all clearly using incomplete numbers!

A 7 day average of 50 deaths a day is a lot more than zero...
A 7 day average of 50 deaths a day is a lot more than zero…

Also consider that the Johns Hopkins University tracker lists an average of about 50 COVID deaths a day in Texas!

If there was one day without a reported death, then it was almost certainly a reporting artifact and not that no one died with COVID on that day.

“Dallas County will not be reporting any COVID-19 case data for Sunday and will instead start reporting Sunday numbers on Mondays.”

COVID-19 updates: Tarrant County reports 593 new cases and 19 deaths Sunday

Interestingly, many big cities in Texas stopped reporting COVID case data on Sundays, the day Greg Abbott says we had ZERO COVID deaths…

Fact Checking Claims of Zero COVID Deaths in Texas

While Greg Abbott and others might have found an early, incomplete report which listed zero COVID deaths on a recent day in Texas, it should be clear that the pandemic is not over and cases and deaths are continuing.

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