In the midst of the nation’s deadliest pandemic, Texas recorded more births than deaths...
Mortician Jeff Sonka, right, and his assistant Manuel Santos, left, wheel in a body to the mortuary room at Compean Funeral Home Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2020, in Houston. The funeral home, which serves the Latin community predominantly, saw its workload double since the pandemic began.In the midst of the nation’s deadliest pandemic, Texas recorded more births than deaths every month since 2016 — with one exception.
Nine months before in April 2020, the world was one month into the COVID-19 pandemic. In January 2021, the seven-day average number ofin Texas, according to The New York Times, and vaccines had just become available to select groups of individuals. Five counties — Bowie, Kerr, Potter, Smith, and Wichita — reported more deaths than births for all 22 months of pandemic data available.
The analysis found that counties with smaller populations had a higher death rate than birth rate in 2021.
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