20 hours later:
After no COVID deaths on Sunday, Texas sees highest Monday death count in two months
By
Robert Downen | May 17, 2021
What was statistically Texas’ best day of the pandemic was followed by a sobering number one day later.
On Sunday, the state’s Department of State Health Services reported its first day without recording a COVID-19 death since March 21, 2020.
The good news was dampened less than 20 hours later, when DSHS reported 23 new COVID deaths on Monday — the highest Monday count in nearly two months.
Public health experts said the day-to-day discrepancy is likely due to the method of reporting COVID deaths, which usually requires an autopsy and other steps that can cause gaps between the time of death and when it is actually reported to the state.
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