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Texas has added 36 more deaths to the official death toll from the 36
more Texans added to death toll from 2021 winter storm when Ted Cruz
fled to Cancun


February snow and ice storm, bringing the total to 246 in what was one
of the worst natural disasters in the state's history.

The Department of State Health Services disclosed the new total in a
report on the storm that was released Friday and described as the "final report" in an analysis by the department's Disaster Mortality
Surveillance Unit. The deaths occurred between Feb. 11 and June 4. The
figure includes people who were injured in the storm but did not die
until later, and also people whose bodies were found after the storm,
including during repairs of damaged homes.

The 246 deaths spanned 77 counties and included victims ranging from
less than 1 year old to 102 years old, according to the report. Close to two-thirds of the deaths were due to hypothermia. Of the deaths, the
report classified 148 as "direct," 92 as "indirect" and six as
"possible," using criteria developed by the Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention.

DSHS previously pegged the death toll at 210 in July. The agency said in
the report that it identifies deaths through "mortality surveillance
forms, death certificates, and verification of informally reported deaths."

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