AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The number of people hospitalized with COVID-19 in Texas has dipped below 11,000 for the first time since late December. The Texas Department of State Health Services on Wednesday reported 10,827 hospitalizations. The state had a record high of 14,218 hospitalized on Jan. 11. According to data from researchers at Johns Hopkins University, more than 37,650 people in Texas have died from COVID-19. That’s the third highest death count in the U.S. Johns Hopkins researchers say that over the past two weeks, the rolling average number of daily new cases in Texas has remained mostly constant around 20,152 per day.
