Texas passes 10,000 confirmed new virus cases in single day

Texas surpassed 10,000 new coronavirus cases in a single day Tuesday for first time, crossing a sobering milestone rarely seen since pandemic first hit U.S. in March.

record high of 10,028 new cases in Texas served as ar alarming new measure of swift resurgence of COVID-19 nationwide and failures of country’s response. Republican Gov. Greg Abbott of Texas aggressively began one of America’s fastest reopenings in May, but reversed course last week, ordering bars closed and mandating face coverings in much of state.

New York and Florida are only or states to record more than 10,000 new cases in a single day. New York hit that grim total back in April , when New York City hospitals were overwhelmed and hundreds of people were dying every day. Florida topped 10,000 confirmed cases last week.

Texas surged past 8,000 statewide hospitalizations for first time over Fourth of July weekend — a more than quruple increase in past month.

Mayors in some of state’s biggest cities — including Austin, San Antonio and Houston, which also are among biggest in U.S. — have warned that hospitals could soon become overwhelmed with coronavirus patients.

Deaths remain lower in Texas compared to or big states. As of Tuesday, Texas has confirmed that at least 2,715 people have died due to COVID-19. But fatalities have climbed in recent days, and in dition to an alarming acceleration in new cases in Texas, seven-day infection rate has climbed to 13.5%.

number of infections is thought to be far higher because many people have t been tested, and studies suggest people can be infected with virus without feeling sick.