Dallas County Reports 26 COVID-19 Deaths; Tarrant County adds 37 dead – The Dallas Morning News

Dallas County reported 26 more deaths from COVID-19 and 458 new cases of coronavirus on Friday.

The victims were mostly in their 60s and over, but one was a male in his 30s. Nineteen were men and seven were women, and only two – both 80-year-old men – had no underlying high-risk health conditions.

Twelve of the victims were from Dallas and seven were residents of Garland. Two were from DeSoto, and one each lived in Duncanville, Irving, Lancaster, Mesquite and Richardson.

County Judge Clay Jenkins said in a written statement that residents should continue to follow the advice of medical experts, including wearing masks and avoiding gatherings, as the numbers getting vaccinated continue to rise. ‘increase.

Of the new cases, 323 were confirmed and 135 were probable. The figures bring the county’s total number of cases to 283,638, of which 247,349 are confirmed and 36,289 probable. The death toll is 3,097.

Health officials are using hospitalizations, intensive care admissions and emergency room visits as key indicators to track the real-time impact of COVID-19 in the county. In the 24-hour period that ended Thursday, 382 patients with COVID-19 were in acute care at county hospitals. During the same period, 376 emergency room visits were for symptoms of the disease.

According to the state, 324,861 people in Dallas County have received at least one dose of a coronavirus vaccine, while 185,777 – 9.2% of the county’s population aged 16 and over – are fully vaccinated.

Texas

Statewide, an additional 6,853 cases were reported on Friday, including 5,913 new cases and 940 older cases recently reported by labs.

The state also reported 256 deaths from COVID-19, bringing its toll to 44,134.

Of the new cases, 4,277 were confirmed and 1,636 were probable. Of the older cases, 786 were confirmed and 154 were probable.

The state’s total number of cases is now 2,678,295, of which 2,314,187 are confirmed and 364,108 probable.

There are 5,065 COVID-19 patients in Texas hospitals, including 1,221 in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. As of Thursday, 7.3% of patients in the hospital region covering the Dallas-Fort Worth area were COVID-19 patients – below the 15% threshold the state used to define high hospitalizations.

The statewide seven-day average positivity rate for molecular testing, based on the date the samples were collected, was 8.2% on Thursday. For antigen tests, the positivity rate for the same period was 4.1%. A molecular test is considered more accurate and is sometimes also called a PCR test; an antigen test is also called a rapid test. Gov. Greg Abbott said a positivity rate above 10% was concerning.

According to the state, 4,053,836 people in Texas have received at least one dose of a coronavirus vaccine, while 2,238,790 – 10.0% of the state’s population aged 16 and over – are fully vaccinated.

Tarrant County

Tarrant County reported 37 deaths and 401 cases on Friday.

The latest victims were mostly in their fifties or older, but one was a male in her twenties and the other was a female in her thirties. Twenty-one were men and 16 were women, and all but four had underlying high-risk health conditions.

Thirteen were residents of Fort Worth, six were from Arlington, and three lived in Mansfield. Two were each from Crowley, Haltom City, Hurst and North Richland Hills, and one each lived in Azle, Grapevine, Keller, Pelican Bay, Saginaw, Southlake and an unincorporated area.

Tarrant County reported a higher number of deaths on Friday due to when it receives death certificate data from the state. Twenty-six of the last victims died in February, 10 died in January and one died in December.

Of the new cases, 263 were confirmed and 138 were probable, and the county said 103 were cases over a month overdue. The figures bring the county’s total number of cases to 244,632, including 207,651 confirmed and 36,981 probable. The death toll is 2,967.

According to the county, 400 people were hospitalized with the virus on Thursday.

According to the state, 245,595 people in Tarrant County have received at least one dose of a coronavirus vaccine, while 169,044 – 10.6% of the county’s population aged 16 and over – are fully vaccinated .

Collin County

The state added four deaths and 104 cases to Collin County’s total on Friday.

No details on the latest casualties were available.

Of the new cases, 76 were confirmed and 28 were probable. The figures bring the county’s total number of cases to 83,820, of which 70,260 are confirmed and 13,560 probable. The death toll is 744.

According to the county, 282 people are hospitalized with the virus.

According to the state, 151,341 people in Collin County have received at least one dose of a coronavirus vaccine, while 92,272 – 11.4% of the county’s population aged 16 and over – are fully vaccinated .

Denton County

Denton County reported four deaths and 449 cases on Friday.

The latest victims were all men over the age of 80 from Carrollton, Hackberry, Lewisville and Little Elm.

The newly reported cases bring the county’s total number of cases to 66,842, with 50,358 confirmed and 16,484 probable. The death toll is 425.

According to the county, 83 people are hospitalized with the virus.

According to the state, 111,786 people in Denton County have received at least one dose of a coronavirus vaccine, while 67,267 – 9.6% of the county’s population aged 16 and over – are fully vaccinated.

Other counties

The Texas Department of State Health Services have resumed reporting for these other North Texas counties. In some countries, new data may not be communicated every day.

The latest numbers are:

• Rockwall County: 10,703 cases (8,798 confirmed and 1,905 probable), 133 deaths.
• Kaufman County: 14,960 cases (12,739 confirmed and 2,221 probable), 223 deaths.
• Ellis County: 21,338 cases (18,097 confirmed and 3,241 probable), 284 deaths.
• Johnson County: 18,748 cases (16,150 confirmed and 2,598 probable), 332 deaths.