Dallas County reports a record 1,103 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday along with two new deaths, NBC 5 has learned.
The number dwarfs the previous day’s record of 1,085.
“Today we reached 1,100 new cases for the first time. It took us 92 days to get to 300 cases, 22 days to get to the next 400 cases plus 700 cases, and 2 days to get to another 400 cases to 1,100,” Judge Clay of the Dallas County Jenkins wrote in a tweet detailing the county report. Increases the total number of registered cases from March to 24,778 cases and 395 deaths.
The two deaths reported on Saturday include:
- A man in his 70s who was a resident of the city of Balch Springs. He died in an area hospital and had high-risk underlying health problems.
- A woman in her 80s who lived in a long-term care facility in the city of Dallas. She died at home and had no high-risk underlying health conditions.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott (R) on Thursday ordered that they cover their faces in public in most of the state. Facial masks have been ordered from Dallas County businesses since June 19.
* Map locations are approximate, central locations for the city and are not intended to indicate where real infected people live.
** The county totals below include the 32 counties of North Texas, not just Collin, Dallas, Denton, and Tarrant.
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