Connect with us

COVID-19

Dallas County reports 11 COVID-19 deaths, 292 coronavirus cases; Tarrant adds 2 deaths, 236 cases

Published

3 years ago

on

DALLAS, TX – Dallas County reported 11 more COVID-19 deaths and 292 new coronavirus cases Saturday.

The latest victims were all in their 40s or older. Nine were men and two were women, and all but one — a man in his 40s — had underlying high-risk health conditions. Three were from Dallas, and two each lived in Balch Springs, DeSoto, Garland and Irving.

 County Judge Clay Jenkins said in a written statement that it’s important everyone gets vaccinated now that the county has ample supply.

“There is no reason to wait to get vaccinated,” Jenkins said. “Vaccination protects you and your family and is a patriotic act to end the COVID-19 epidemic in America.”

Of the new cases, 191 were confirmed and 101 were probable. The numbers bring the county’s overall case total to 295,543 including 255,013 confirmed and 40,530 probable. The death toll is 3,794.

The average number of new daily cases in the county for the past two weeks is 242. For the previous 14-day period, the average was 281.

Health officials use hospitalizations, intensive-care admissions and emergency room visits as key metrics to track the real-time impact of COVID-19 in the county. In the 24-hour period that ended Friday, 217 COVID-19 patients were in acute care in hospitals in the county. During the same period, 352 ER visits were for symptoms of the disease.

According to the state, 917,983 people in Dallas County have received at least one dose of a coronavirus vaccine, while 538,954 — 26.6% of the county’s population 16 and older — are fully vaccinated.

Related Topics:

Trending