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How Texas May Be Over Counting Cases, Creating a False Spike

How Texas May Be Over Counting Cases, Creating a False Spike

News sites have discussed a ‘SPIKE’ in Texas, with COVID-19 cases, during the entire month of June and July. This may be true with more than 2,000,000 tests given since May 18. Is there another contributing factor to the reporting of cases? You decide.

What happened on May 18, 2020 is extremely important to understand. A significant change was made at the Texas Department of Health on definitions for HOW COVID-19 cases are being measured and how deaths are reported, moving forward into 2020.