By Aria Jones and LaVendrick Smith
15:51 on 28 Jul.2020 CDT
Dallas County announced an additional 15 coronavirus deaths on Tuesday while reporting 789 new cases, making it the third day in a row that the county has added fewer than 1,000 cases.
“Today’s numbers, higher than yesterday’s, continue the tendency to decline to what we saw two weeks ago,” County Judge Jenkins said in a written statement.
He said the numbers will keep falling if people continue to take precautions such as wearing a mask, keeping a six-foot distance from others and avoiding unnecessary trips.
“I know it’s hot and the mask can be awkward, but it’s worth paying to keep us safe, strengthen our economy, and get our kids back to school,” Jenkins said.
Across Texas, there were 161 new COVID-19 deaths and 8,341 new instances reported Tuesday to the Texas Department of State Health. The state recorded a total of 5,877 deaths and 394,265 instances.
Statewide hospitalization knowledge will be incomplete Tuesday due to a transition in reporting to meet new federal requirements, authorities said, with only 91% of hospitals reporting their statistics. DSHS counted 9,593 hospitalizations, adding 1,642 in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.
One of the sick people reported Tuesday in Dallas County was a man in his 60s who was being held at the Federal Correctional Center in Seagoville. The Federal Bureau of Prisons had last announced the death on Saturday of Jacky Pace, 78, who had been on the premises since May 2018.
He is one of three inmates at the center who died from COVID-19. Mark Stamps, 59, died Tuesday, according to the office, but his death was not reflected in Tuesday’s account across the county. James Gianetta, 65, died July 16.
The criminal is that of a major epidemic of the disease. Of 1,760 inmates, 1,276 were positive for the virus, according to BOP data.
Of the remaining patients in Dallas County, 4 were Dallas residents: a man in their 50s, an 80-year-old woguy, and a 90-year-old who lived in long-term care centers.
Three Irving citizens died: a man and a 60-year-old man and an 80-year-old man. Two men from Grand Prairie died, aged between 50 and 90. The other deaths were a type of DeSoto, about 60 years old who lived in a long-term care center, a type of wreath of about 60 years old, a 50-year-old Lancaster type, a 60- and 60-year-old mixed Richardson.
The new figures raise the county’s totals to 622 deaths and 48,028 showed cases, or about 18.2 consisting of 1,000 inhabitants.
Hospitalizations for the virus remained high at 697 on Monday, fitness officials said. There were also 425 emergency room visits for COVID-19 symptoms, or 22% of all emergency room visits on Monday.
At least 350 other young people have been diagnosed with COVID-19 since Dallas County’s last update on this age group, bringing the total from July 1 to 1,800. This includes 38 young people who were hospitalized for the virus and 4 were admitted to intensive care units.
Two Dallas County children, a 5-year-old boy and a 17-year-old boy, died of the virus since the start of the pandemic.
Tarrant County reported a new coronavirus death on Tuesday, along with 576 cases.
The latest victim was an Arlington man in his 70s. The county’s death toll from the virus is now 349.
Tarrant County reported a total of 26,315 matrices or approximately 12.5 consisting of 1,000 inhabitants.
There are 620 other people hospitalized with the virus and 13560 have recovered, according to county data.
Five COVID-19 deaths reported Tuesday raised the number of Collin County victims to 80.
The victims were a Dallas man in his 80s who was a resident of Farmersville Health and Rehabilitation, a Murphy woman in her 80s who was a resident of Lynridge Assisted Living and Memory Care, a Plano woman in her 50s, a Plano man in his 80s who was a resident of Brookdale Collin Oaks Assisted Living and Memory Care and a Wylie man in his 60s.
The county reported 209 new cases, totaling 6,147, approximately 5.9 consistent with 1,000 residents.
Hospitalizations for the virus are at 168, and there have been 4,659 recoveries, according to county data.
Denton County reported 123 new coVID-19 instances and no more deaths Tuesday, leaving the death toll at 51.
The county recorded 6,331 cases, or about 7.1 consistent with 1,000 inhabitants.
There are 84 other people hospitalized for the virus and there have been 3419 cures, according to county data.
Ellis County has announced flexible driving tests for citizens starting Wednesdays and ending August 12. Three hundred exams will be held Monday through Saturday from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the first Waxahachie Baptist Church, 450 U.S. Highway 287.
Residents want to be symptomatic to be reviewed, however, officials have asked to “exercise discretion” before making plans to verify in gogetchecked.com.
The Texas Department of State Health has addressed reports of coronavirus instances for several counties in North Texas, and would possibly not report updated totals daily.
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Aria Jones, last-minute reporter.
LaVendrick Smith. LaVendrick Smith is a breaking news reporter for The Dallas Morning News. He joined The News in October 2018 and was a reporter for The Charlotte Observer in the past. He graduated from the University of Washington in 2016.
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