Texas has 15,492 coronavirus cases and 364 deaths. We’re tracking the latest here.

The Texas Tribune is using data from the Texas Department of State Health Services to track how many people have tested positive for the novel coronavirus in Texas each day. The state data comes from local health officials, and it may not represent all cases of the disease given limited testing. Here’s what we know about the daily numbers.

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How many people are in the hospital?

On April 6, the state started reporting the number of patients with positive tests who are hospitalized. It was 1,153 that day and 1,538 on April 15. This data does not account for people who are hospitalized but have not gotten a positive test. Hospitals across the state are working to increase capacity.

How many people have died?

The first death linked to the coronavirus in Texas occurred March 16 in Matagorda County. As of April 15, 364 people who tested positive for the virus have died.

How many people have been tested?

As of April 15, 151,810 tests for the coronavirus have been run in Texas. But we do not know the number of Texans who have gotten a test because some people are tested more than once. The state’s tally also does not include pending tests, and in late March, it took some patients up to 10 days to get test results back.

This might not be all of the tests that have been run in Texas. The state has said it is not getting test data from every private lab, and only 5% of tests are coming from public labs. Even as demand for testing has increased, both public and private labs continue to prioritize Texans who meet certain criteria, but every private lab sets its own criteria. The state is not gathering data on the number of tests administered in each county.

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How is this impacting Texans of color?

While early reports from other parts of the country indicate black Americans are disproportionately likely to get sick or die from the new coronavirus, it’s virtually impossible to determine if that grim reality is playing out in Texas because information released by state health officials is notably incomplete.

The limited data provided to the Tribune offers a murky glimpse of the virus’ impact on Texas communities of color. Race and ethnicity are reported as unknown for a significant portion of the completed case reports. (Agency officials said some people prefer not to provide the information.)

Although state leaders acknowledge the demographic data is lacking, they have indicated the state won’t be taking steps to mandate reporting to fill in the gaps.

What else should I know about this data?

These numbers come from the Texas Department of State Health Services, which updates statewide case counts at noon each day. The data is current as of 8 p.m. the previous day, so it may lag behind other local news reports.

From March 13 through March 24, the Tribune added cases from Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, where hundreds of American evacuees from China and cruise ships were quarantined. Those case counts came from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Carla Astudillo, Mandi Cai, Darla Cameron, Chris Essig, Anna Novak, Emily Albracht and Alexa Ura contributed to this report.