To keep you up-to-date with in Houston, Texas and the rest of the world, the has come up with a few eye-catching, but easy-to-use interactives, based on our reporting and official data from the Texas Department of State Health Services.To start, let's take a look at the test positivity rates in Texas.More locally, we've got test positivity rates in Harris County.Positivity rates only tell one part of the story though, so here's the seven-day rolling average of new cases around the Lone Star State.Official positivity rates cases alone capture only a portion of the COVID activity in Texas....…To keep you up-to-date with in Houston, Texas and the rest of the world, the has come up with a few eye-catching, but easy-to-use interactives, based on our reporting and official data from the Texas Department of State Health Services.To start, let's take a look at the test positivity rates in Texas.More locally, we've got test positivity rates in Harris County.Positivity rates only tell one part of the story though, so here's the seven-day rolling average of new cases around the Lone Star State.Official positivity rates cases alone capture only a portion of the COVID activity in Texas....WW…

This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigateTexas has failed to meet key criteria designed to guide the reopening of the state, even as Gov. Greg Abbott pushes to lift more public health restrictions, a Houston Chronicle analysis shows.Mark McClellan, one of the chief medical advisers on and a former Food and Drug Administration commissioner, listed key criteria in late March for rolling back the reopening, including being unable to properly trace the source of new infections, a sustained rise in cases for five days or coronavirus patients overwhelming the hospital system.A...…This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigateTexas has failed to meet key criteria designed to guide the reopening of the state, even as Gov. Greg Abbott pushes to lift more public health restrictions, a Houston Chronicle analysis shows.Mark McClellan, one of the chief medical advisers on and a former Food and Drug Administration commissioner, listed key criteria in late March for rolling back the reopening, including being unable to properly trace the source of new infections, a sustained rise in cases for five days or coronavirus patients overwhelming the hospital system.A...WW…

This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigateCoronavirus cases are two to three times more prevalent in some of Houston’s poorest ZIP codes compared with Harris County overall, clustering in several predominantly black neighborhoods where experts worry the virus will be particularly fatal because many residents have underlying medical conditions.A Houston Chronicle analysis of 4,977 positive COVID-19 tests reported in Harris County through April 20 shows that seven of the 10 ZIP codes with the highest rates were majority black and low-income.ZIP codes that include some of...…This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigateCoronavirus cases are two to three times more prevalent in some of Houston’s poorest ZIP codes compared with Harris County overall, clustering in several predominantly black neighborhoods where experts worry the virus will be particularly fatal because many residents have underlying medical conditions.A Houston Chronicle analysis of 4,977 positive COVID-19 tests reported in Harris County through April 20 shows that seven of the 10 ZIP codes with the highest rates were majority black and low-income.ZIP codes that include some of...WW…

This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigateThe deaths of nearly 200 people are linked to February’s cold snap and blackouts, a Houston Chronicle analysis reveals, making the natural disaster one of the worst in Texas this past century.The tally, which is nearly double the state’s official count, comes from an investigation of reports from medical examiners, justices of the peace and Department of State Health Services, as well as lawsuits and news stories.The state count, which is preliminary, has yet to incorporate some deaths already flagged by medical examiners as...…This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigateThe deaths of nearly 200 people are linked to February’s cold snap and blackouts, a Houston Chronicle analysis reveals, making the natural disaster one of the worst in Texas this past century.The tally, which is nearly double the state’s official count, comes from an investigation of reports from medical examiners, justices of the peace and Department of State Health Services, as well as lawsuits and news stories.The state count, which is preliminary, has yet to incorporate some deaths already flagged by medical examiners as...WW…

This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigateDemocrats suffered several crushing election night defeats around the Houston metropolitan area Tuesday, losing all three of their congressional targets and four of the five Republican-controlled Texas House seats they had hoped to flip.The lone Democratic pickup, attorney Ann Johnson’s over Republican state Rep. Sarah Davis, was offset by state Rep. Gina Calanni’s to Republican Mike Schofield in west Harris County. Calanni, a freshman Democrat from Katy, narrowly unseated Schofield in 2018.The results were a gut punch to local...…This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigateDemocrats suffered several crushing election night defeats around the Houston metropolitan area Tuesday, losing all three of their congressional targets and four of the five Republican-controlled Texas House seats they had hoped to flip.The lone Democratic pickup, attorney Ann Johnson’s over Republican state Rep. Sarah Davis, was offset by state Rep. Gina Calanni’s to Republican Mike Schofield in west Harris County. Calanni, a freshman Democrat from Katy, narrowly unseated Schofield in 2018.The results were a gut punch to local...WW…

This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigateThe government’s official data on the coronavirus outbreak is startling: More than 4.6 million cases in the U.S. More than 440,000 in Texas. More than 70,000 in Harris County.But those numbers don’t include all positive COVID-19 patients.Texas, unlike 27 other states, excludes the results of increasingly popular, rapid COVID-19 tests from the numbers it reports publicly — obscuring the scope of the pandemic, records and interviews show. The antigen tests are used in doctor’s offices, hospitals and stand-alone clinics and deliver...…This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigateThe government’s official data on the coronavirus outbreak is startling: More than 4.6 million cases in the U.S. More than 440,000 in Texas. More than 70,000 in Harris County.But those numbers don’t include all positive COVID-19 patients.Texas, unlike 27 other states, excludes the results of increasingly popular, rapid COVID-19 tests from the numbers it reports publicly — obscuring the scope of the pandemic, records and interviews show. The antigen tests are used in doctor’s offices, hospitals and stand-alone clinics and deliver...WW…