Notice: Texas Coronavirus Deaths July 27

[CSSEGISandData]

Note: The state of Texas' Department of State Health Services changed their reporting methodology for COVID-19 deaths, resulting in a roughly 13% increase in reported fatalities from the 26th to the 27th. Details can be found in the press release from the state here.

[paulavery1951]

Thanks for posting this. Unfortunately, the additional deaths were dumped into a single day (July 27) for the JHU data, similar to the June 25 NJ spike. Do the JHU trackers plan to smooth out this spike? FWIW, I do my own smoothing by taking the estimated 1-day excess and assigning it to previous days in proportion to their deaths, but the period of time has to be guesstimated.

[CSSEGISandData]

@paulavery1951 Unfortunately data has not yet been released that would allow us to appropriately assign these deaths to prior dates. We will revisit if and when this data becomes available.