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Rate of positive Texas COVID-19 tests is at 21%, highest recorded
Source: Statesman
More than a fifth of Texans taking the coronavirus test are currently testing positive, according to new state statistics.
Over the past week, the average rate of Texans testing positive for the virus among those tested — known as the positivity rate — was reported on Monday as 21%.
State health officials on Monday also reported 31 additional deaths attributed to the coronavirus, bringing the pandemic death toll in Texas to 8,490.
Those deaths occurred over the seven to 10 days prior to when they were reported as state officials are now using death certificates to tally COVID-19 fatalities.
Read more: https://www.statesman.com/news/20200810/rate-of-positive-texas-covid-19-tests-is-at-21-highest-recorded
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