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The percentage of positive COVID-19 tests in May as Texas reopened was higher than previously reported, according new changes in the way the state calculates the positivity rate. Credit: Miguel Gutierrez Jr./The Texas Tribune

Share of positive COVID-19 cases as Texas reopened was higher than originally reported, new state calculations show

State health officials published new data this week that showed the state’s positivity rate was higher in the spring than originally disclosed, even as public officials cited the data to justify bu

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Pharmacists explain and collect self-swab COVID-19 tests at a testing site in Houston's Fifth Ward. Credit: Annie Mulligan for The Texas Tribune

Texas officials change how the state reports positivity rate after testing backlogs skewed coronavirus data

Texas health officials announced Monday that they are changing the way the state reports a key metric used to evaluate the extent of coronavirus infection, a move that conceded that the state’s pre

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