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United States:
- Total infections: 639,664 (Up 29,979)
- 52,738 recovered (Up 2,772)
- 30,985 deaths (Up 4,926)
- Number of new daily infections and daily deaths has been trending up for since April 14th
- Current mortality rate in U.S. is 5.1% (up .8%) (Pending infections less than two weeks)
- U.S. mortality rate is trending up, despite increased testing criteria to find more cases
- FDA has given emergency approval for two more antibody tests, for a total of three. These tests check the blood for the presence of antibodies and could indicate previous infection and/or immunity in individuals
Texas:
- 184 Texas counties reporting cases (Up 3)
- No longer able to report community spread by county due to multiple reporting agencies and differing definitions by agency/county
- Deaths: 391 (Up 29)
- Total Texas Cases: 16,289 (Up 946)
- Texas mortality rate is 2.4% (No change)(Pending infections less than two weeks)
- 1,538 lab confirmed COVID-19 patients currently receiving hospital care (Up 129)
- 3,150 Recovered (Up 570)
Regional:
- 367 cases in Lubbock (up 30)
- 25 deaths in Lubbock county (No change)
- 104 cases recovered in the South Plains area (Up 15)
- 428 confirmed cases on the South Plains (Up 38)
- 10 diagnosed cases in Terry county (No change)
- 4 Terry county case recovered
