The Dallas County Department of Health reports four more confirmed COVID-19 deaths Wednesday, along with 399 cases of the virus along with an increase in the 7-day moving average.
The province reports five deaths, including four confirmed and one probable, including:
- A woman in her 40s who was a resident of the city of DeSoto. She had been critically ill in an area hospital and had underlying high-risk health conditions.
- A man in the 1970s who was a resident of the City of Dallas. He had been critically ill at a hospital in the area and did not have any underlying high-risk health conditions.
- A woman in her 70s who was a resident of the city of DeSoto. She had been critically ill in an area hospital and had underlying high-risk health conditions.
- A man in the 1980s who was a resident of the City of Dallas. He had been critically ill at a hospital in the area and did not have any underlying high-risk health conditions.
- A woman in her 80s who was a resident of the city of DeSoto. She had been critically ill in an area hospital and had underlying high-risk health conditions.
The 399 reported cases on Wednesday included 44 from a state backlog, leaving 355 as new cases. The arrears were from April (16), May (26) and June (2). The cases increased the province’s 7-day average from 1,502 cases per day to 1,525 cases per day; the 14-day average fell from 995 cases per day to 988 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.
“The general trend is a slow decline, and as we resolve our community to wear masks, keep six feet away, use good hand hygiene, and forgive unnecessary trips and all activities around people who do not wear a mask 100% of “Over time, we will continue to see the numbers improve, fewer people get sick, more businesses stay open, more activities are allowed and our children go back to school sooner rather than later,” said Dallas Judge Clay Jenkins.
Both Jenkins Gov. Greg Abbott said earlier this week that counties should expect several days of ‘discovered, overdue cases’ before reporting normalizes. Of the backlog cases, Jenkins said patients received the results of their COVID-19 test, but that information was lost in the state of the state and no trace was made.
On Tuesday, Gov. Greg Abbott that the state and private labs have made changes to repair layers in reporting and that he has more confidence than ever that the accounting of the numbers reported by the state is accurate.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott addressed the backlog of COVID-19 cases coming out of the Texas Department of State Health Services on Tuesday, saying the problems under the need for adjustments have been resolved and that he has more confidence in accounting than ever. earlier.
The province has now accumulated 66,464 cases of the virus since testing began in March. With an estimated 48,153 recalls reported by the state through Wednesday, there are also an estimated 17,467 active cases in Dallas County. There have been 843 confirmed deaths attributed in the county 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 disease and cancer. 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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