April 2, 2020
United States:
- Total infections: 216,722 (Up 27,089)
- 8,672 recovered
- 5,137 deaths (Up 1,056)
- Current mortality rate in U.S. is 2.4% (up 0.2%)
- U.S. mortality rate is trending up, despite increased testing criteria to find more cases
- First time more than 1,000 people have died in a single day in the U.S.
Texas:
- 124 Texas counties reporting cases (No change)
- No longer able to report community spread by county due to multiple reporting agencies and differing definitions by agency/county
- Deaths: 68 (Up 12)
- Total Texas Cases: 4,607 (Up 892)
- Texas mortality rate is 1.5% (No change)
Regional:
- 108 cases in Lubbock at this time (up 8)
- 3 deaths in Lubbock county
- 142 confirmed cases on the South Plains (Up 23)
- 4 cases in Terry county
- Hockley county reports first death