Texas reports 3,954 new coronavirus cases, 102 deaths

DALLAS – Texas health officials reported more than 3,900 new cases of COVID-19 on Saturday, with illness caused by the novel coronavirus continuing to put pressure on hospital systems across the state.

State health officials on Saturday reported more than 8,500 Texans hospitalized with COVID-19, which roughly matches Friday’s tally. Texas added 3,954 confirmed cases of the virus and 102 deaths on Saturday, according to the Texas State Department Health Services.

Texas has had more than one million confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 21,309 deaths. It is believed that the actual number of cases is much higher because many people have not been tested and some people with the disease do not have symptoms.

In the past seven days, more than one in 10 coronavirus tests in Texas have come back positive, according to data from Johns Hopkins University.

In the El Paso and San Antonio areas, local leaders have imposed partial curfews until Monday morning in an effort to limit the spread of the virus.

For most people, the coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms that go away within a few weeks. But for others, especially the elderly and people with existing health problems, the virus can cause severe symptoms and be fatal. The vast majority of people recover.