Adding 982 coronavirus cases to Dallas County, it is seeing the highest average daily case rate of the epidemic

Updated at 4:10 p.m.: Improved to include COVID-19 data from Denton County.

A further 982 coronavirus cases were reported in Dallas County on Saturday, all counties new. Four new COVID-19 deaths have also been reported.

The most recent victims were a man from Lan Lancaster in the 60s, a man from Dallas in the 70s, and a man and woman from Desotto in their 80s. All the victims were hospitalized and had health conditions.

Saturday’s report includes the results of the COVID-19 exam, which was reported late Wednesday afternoon, while Sunday’s report will include Thursday, Friday and Saturday results, Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins said.

“Testing usually goes on holiday weekends and we expect the numbers to further represent the situation on the ground by the middle of the week.” “Overall, I believe Dallas County residents have taken health community warnings and advice to heart and were less likely to gather for this holiday and less likely to go to crowded places. We will be able to tell you how much we saw after the start of one to two weeks from the weekend. “

Of the new cases reported on Saturday, 739 have been confirmed and 243 are probable. The newly registered cases bring the county’s total confirmed cases to 122,923 and potential cases to 11,870. The county reported 1,204 confirmed COVID-19 deaths and 31 potential deaths.

The county recently announced that it was considering only positive antigen tests (called rapid tests) as potential cases; A few antibodies and “home” results were previously included.

While other North Texas counties provide estimates for how many people have recovered from the virus, Dallas County officials do not report recovery, noting that the Federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention does not use that metric.

Health officials use hospital admissions, intensive care admissions, and emergency room visits as key metrics to see the real-time impact of COVID-19 in the county. In the 24 hours that ended Wednesday, 759 COVID-19 patients were in intensive care at county hospitals. During the same period, 495 ER visits were for symptoms of the disease.

The county reported that between November 8-14, 1,282 were confirmed and cases of potential coronavirus were diagnosed in school-age children. As of November 1, COVID-19 cases have been reported among school-age children and staff from more than 632 schools in Dallas County, and more than 130 COVID-19 cases have been reported among children and staff in 97-day care centers. County.

More than two-thirds of the hospitalized cases confirmed so far are among people under the age of 65, and according to the county, one-third of hospitalized patients have an underlying condition of diabetes.

The county’s provisional seven-day average of 1,405 was the number of newly confirmed and probable cases daily for the November 8 period. That accounts for 53.3 new cases per 100,000 residents every day – the highest rate in the county since the epidemic began, health officials said. The figure is calculated by the date of COVID-19 test collection, according to the county.

Dallas County does not provide a positive rate for all COVID-19 tests conducted in the area; County health officials said they do not have an exact count of how many tests are performed each day. But according to the county’s most recent reporting period, 17% of people who appeared in hospitals with COVID-19 symptoms tested positive for the virus. This is an increase compared to the previous reporting period, when 15.3% of such patients tested positive.

Of the county’s total confirmed COVID-19 deaths, approximately 23% are associated with long-term care facilities.

The county said that in the last 300 days, the county has reported more than 505050 CIVID-11 cases in 84 84 long-term care facilities, including 304 cases of staff members. That’s the highest number of long-term care facilities with an active spread since the epidemic began, health officials said.

Statewide data

Across the state, 3,954 newly confirmed cases and 102 Kovid-19 deaths were reported on Saturday. The state also has 70 old Covid-19K: recently registered by labs.

Texas now has 1,151,069 confirmed cases and 21,309 casualties.

Texas hospitals have 8,597 COVID-19 patients, including 2,385 in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.

Of all the hospitals in the 19-county hospital area covering the Dallas-Fort Worth area, 15.63% have COVID-19 patients, according to state data. Gov Kto. The Executive Order is above the 15% threshold set by Greg Abbott in the Executive Order stating that if they are in an area where 1% of hospital beds are occupied by covid, they will have a capacity of 75% to 75%. . -19 patients for seven consecutive days.

After some record-setting days the sector hit the first 15% threshold on Friday.

As of Friday, the seven-day average positivity rate across the state, based on the date of collection of the test sample, was 10.823%. State health officials said using data based on when people were tested provided the most accurate positivity rate.

The state also provides a positive rate based on when the laboratory results were reported; As of Friday, the rate was 11.1%.

Officials previously calculated Texas’ coronavirus positivity rate by dividing the total number of new positive test results by seven days from the most recent seven days of new test results. According to the state dashboard, with that move, the positivity rate is now 10.12%.

A spokesman for the Texas State Health Services Department said positivity rate data based on lab results and new cases is likely to be released in phases, but is still being provided for the purpose of transparency and consistency.

Tarant County

Taranto County health officials will begin posting new data Sunday.

As of Wednesday, the county reported 1,302 coronavirus cases and three new deaths.

The county reported 95,989 cases and 838 deaths. Of the cases, 85,010 have been confirmed and 10,979 are probable. Recovery remains at 67,595.

As of Wednesday, 812 people had been hospitalized with the virus.

Colin County

The state received 313 cases of coronavirus in Colin County on Saturday, bringing the county’s total to ૨ 25,566. Reached on. A new COVID-19 casualty was also reported, bringing the death toll to 252.

No details were available about the latest victim.

According to state data, the county has 3,123 active cases and 22,443 retrieval logged.

A total of 267 hospital admissions, according to the county dashboard.

Denton County

There were 182 coronavirus cases reported in Denton County on Saturday, of which 143 were active.

No new deaths were reported, with the death toll dropping to 148.

The newly registered cases bring the county’s total cases to 23,276, of which 5,523 are active. They bring the total number of nuclear cases to 19,755 and the antigen case to 3,521. Recovery remains at 17,605.

As many as 122 CO WID-19 patients were hospitalized Saturday, according to county data.

Other counties

The Texas State Health Services Department has handled the report for these other North Texas counties. In some counties, new data may not be reported daily.

The latest numbers are:

• Rokvall County: 2,948 cases, 37 deaths.
• Kaufman County: 4,870 cases, 80 deaths.
• Ellis County: 6,828 cases, 113 deaths.
• Johnson County: 5,327 cases, 105 deaths.

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