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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) – The El Paso Department of Public Health reported four coronavirus-related deaths and 205 new cases on Friday morning.
The death toll is now 177 in El Paso County.
The Health Department identified the victims as a 70-year-old woman and three 90-year-old men. All but one of the men in their 90s had underlying health problems.
Hospitalizations were reduced from 272 to 268, however the number of patients in the ICU increased to 102. That is a new historical record. There are 40 patients on ventilators.
There have now been 10,843 confirmed cases. Reported recoveries exceeded 7,000 in El Paso County. That leaves 3,599 cases active, representing a decrease of 109 from Thursday.
The city now publishes the positivity rate on its website. The seven-day average positivity rate is 9.87 percent. In other words, in the last seven days, on average, almost one in 10 exams performed in El Paso has been giving positive results.
The cumulative positivity rate in El Paso County is 8.69%.
For a complete view of El Paso’s Covid-19 data, click here.
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