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https://abcnews.go.com/US/texas-cases-covid-19-increasing-thousands-reopening/story?id=70720497
The deaths are also steadily increasing.
By
Gina Sunseri
and
Ella Torres
May 16, 2020, 1:41 PM
4 min read
Texas has seen a steady rise in novel coronavirus cases and fatalities since reopening just over two weeks ago.
There are now 45,198 confirmed cases of COVID-19, the illness caused by the virus, according to the Texas Department of State Health Services. That is an increase of 1,347 cases from Thursday to Friday. The new numbers have not yet been recorded for Saturday.
Last Friday, the daily case increase was 1,219.
[FONT="]Texas[/FONT]
[FONT="]Total cases54,509
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Active
21,780
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Recovered
31,223
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Fatal
1,506
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