Both figures doubled last week: The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Hidalgo County and in Texas. Last Tuesday, April 7, 2020, Texas was reporting 6,812 confirmed cases of COVID-19. This Tuesday, April 14, that same number had changed to 13,906. The death rate for that same period grew from 127 to 287. For the entire U.S., the number of deaths increased significantly between April 7 and April 14: from 10,966 to 23,644. More than double. During that same time frame, April 7 to April 14, Hidalgo County reported that the number of people who had tested positive for COVID-19 had grown from ...