The Dallas County Department of Health on Monday reported four more COVID-19 deaths along with 1,850 cases of the virus and an increase in the 7-day and 14-day moving averages.
The last four victims of the pandemic include:
- A woman in her 40s who was a resident of Dallas. She had been critically ill in an area hospital and had underlying high-risk health conditions.
- A woman in her 70s who was a resident of Dallas. She had been critically ill in an area hospital and had underlying high-risk health conditions.
- A man in his 70s who was a resident of Dallas. He had been hospitalized and had underlying health conditions with high risks.
- A man in her 70s who was a resident of Richardson. He had been critically ill in an area hospital and had underlying health conditions with high risks.
The 1,850 new cases reported Monday increased the province’s 7-day average from 1,251 cases per day to 1,431 cases per day; the 14-day average rises from 880 cases per day to 985 cases per day. Last week, the averages were both about 500 cases per day, but the backlog of cases released by the state has increased these averages.
“Again, we’ve filed a large number of cases, this time in June, due to a coding error in the state’s electronic lab reporting system,” said Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins. “While at this point it is reasonable and understandable for people to be skeptical about the state’s reporting system, it is not reasonable to be skeptical about the science that is proving effective in controlling the spread throughout the world. of COVID-19, namely wearing a mask, six feet distance, hand washing. “
Jenkins added that the county expects to have several days of “discovered, overdue cases” before the report normalizes. Of the backlog cases, Jenkins said patients received the results of their COVID-19 test, but that information was lost in the state system and no trace was made.
The province has now accumulated 65,278 cases of the virus since testing began in March. With an estimated 47,044 recurrences reported by the state, there are also an estimated 17,405 active cases in Dallas County. There have been 829 deaths in the county attributed to the virus, which, according to Dallas County Health and Human Services Director Dr. Philip Huang, now the third leading cause of death in the province behind heart and cancer diseases. Since March 20, the date of the first reported COVID-19-related death in Dallas County, the county has averaged 5.5 deaths per day.
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