Dallas County is reporting 36 more COVID-19-related deaths Wednesday along with 704 other confirmed new cases of the infection. While the number of reported deaths is a record, the number of new cases is below the 7 and 14 day averages.
The last 36 victims of the virus include:
- A Dallas man in his 40s who had underlying health problems and died in a hospital emergency room.
- A Dallas man in his 50s who had no underlying health problems and had been seriously ill in a hospital ICU with the virus.
- A Dallas man in his 50s who had no underlying health problems and had been seriously ill in a hospital ICU with the virus.
- A Carrollton man in his 50s who had underlying health problems and had been seriously ill in a hospital ICU with the virus.
- A Duncanville man in his 50s who had no underlying health problems and had been seriously ill in a hospital ICU with the virus.
- A Dallas man in his 50s who had underlying health problems and had been seriously ill in a hospital ICU with the virus.
- An inmate in Seagoville in his 50s who had underlying health problems and had been seriously ill in a hospital ICU with the virus.
- A Dallas woman in her 50s who had underlying health problems and had been seriously ill in a hospital ICU with the virus.
- A Dallas man in his 60s who had underlying health problems and had been seriously ill in a hospital ICU with the virus.
- A Dallas man in his 60s who had underlying health problems and had been seriously ill in a hospital ICU with the virus.
- A Cedar Hill woman in her 60s who had no underlying health problems and who had been seriously ill in an ICU hospital with the virus.
- A 60-year-old Dallas woman who had underlying health problems and had been seriously ill in an ICU hospital with the virus.
- A Cedar Hill woman in her 60s who had underlying health problems and had been seriously ill in a hospital ICU with the virus.
- A 60-year-old Dallas woman who had underlying health problems and had been seriously ill in an ICU hospital with the virus.
- A Garland man in his 60s who had underlying health problems and had been seriously ill in a hospital ICU with the virus.
- A Dallas man in his 70s who was found dead in his home.
- A 70-year-old Dallas woman who had underlying health problems and had been seriously ill in a hospital ICU with the virus.
- A Dallas man in his 70s who was found dead in his home.
- A Lancaster man in his 70s who had underlying health problems and had been seriously ill in a hospital ICU with the virus.
- A Dallas man in his 70s who had underlying health problems and had been seriously ill in a hospital ICU with the virus.
- A 70-year-old Dallas woman who had underlying health problems and had been seriously ill in a hospital ICU with the virus.
- A 70-year-old Dallas woman who had underlying health problems and had been seriously ill in a hospital ICU with the virus.
- A 70-year-old Dallas woman who lived in a long-term care facility and had underlying health problems. She died after being seriously ill in a hospital ICU with the virus.
- A 70-year-old Dallas woman who lived in a long-term care facility and had no underlying health problems. She died after being seriously ill in a hospital ICU with the virus.
- A Dallas man in his 80s who had underlying health problems and had been seriously ill in a hospital ICU with the virus.
- A Dallas man in his 80s who had underlying health problems and had been seriously ill in a hospital ICU with the virus.
- A Dallas man in his 80s who had been seriously ill in a hospital ICU with the virus.
- An Irving woman in her 80s who had underlying health problems and had been seriously ill in a hospital ICU with the virus.
- An 80-year-old Seagoville woman who was a long-term care resident, had underlying health problems and had been hospitalized.
- A Dallas man in his 90s who had underlying health problems and had been seriously ill in a hospital ICU with the virus.
- A Dallas man in his 90s who was a long-term care resident and had underlying health problems and died after being hospitalized by the virus.
- A Dallas man in his 90s who was a long-term care resident and had underlying health problems and died after being hospitalized by the virus.
- A Mesquite woman in her 90s who was a long-term care resident and had no underlying health problems and died after being hospitalized for the virus.
“Today’s 36 deaths are a new record of single-day reports and are a grim reminder of the severity of this outbreak,” said Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins. “We continue in the spirit of sacrifice for the good of the community.”
In the seven days, Dallas County has added 5,293 new cases of the virus, for an average of 756 cases per day, a jump from the average of 715 7 days reported on Tuesday. Wednesday’s 704 new cases are lower than the 14-day average of 840 new cases per day.
The 14-day average has fallen for four consecutive days from 956 to 930 on July 26, to 880 on July 27, to 865 on July 28, and to 840 on Wednesday.
The county has now amassed 48,732 cases of the virus since testing began in March. There have been 658 deaths attributed in the county to the virus, which, according to Dr. Philip Huang, Dallas County Director of Health and Human Services, is now the third leading cause of death in the county behind heart disease and cancers. Since March 20, the date of the first COVID-19-related death in Dallas County, the county has averaged five deaths per day.
According to the Texas Department of State Health Services, an estimated 30,241 people in the county have recovered from the virus (as of Tuesday), leaving an estimated 17,869 known patients fighting the infection. The active case number will be updated on Wednesday afternoon.
Also on Wednesday, Jenkins said in a statement that more than 1,800 children under the age of 18 have been diagnosed with the virus in the first three weeks of July. During that same time period, 38 children have been hospitalized, including four in the ICU.
Of the cases requiring hospitalization, two-thirds of all COVID-19 patients have been younger than 65 years and about half have no high-risk chronic conditions. Diabetes has been a reported high-risk underlying health condition in approximately one third of all hospitalized patients with COVID-19.
The county has been reporting for several weeks that more than a third of COVID-19 related deaths have occurred among residents of long-term care facilities.
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