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Austin, Texas – The number of coronavirus cases and deaths due to the disease caused by the virus is increasing in Texas, according to data from Johns Hopkins University on Saturday.
The seven-day moving average of new cases in the state over the past two weeks has increased from 5,040.8 a day to 7,022.7 and the average number of daily deaths has increased 127 daily to 222. The moving average of the positivity rate is also increasing in the same period, from 5.8% on February 19 to 12.5% on March 5.
The state health department on Saturday reported 4,713 new confirmed or probable cases and 233 additional deaths due to COVID-19 for a total of 44,367 fatalities since the start of the pandemic.
There have been more than 2.3 million confirmed cases of the virus in Texas since the pandemic began a year ago.
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