At least in Texas, however, the spike in recorded cases does seem to reflect an actual increase in new infections — not just better testing.
Testing in Texas increased by 36% over the past week, while the number of confirmed infections rose by 51%.
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Texas also saw an increase in the percentage of all coronavirus tests that came back positive. In a state where testing is improving and the underlying outbreak isn’t getting worse, you’d expect the share of positive tests to go down.
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