Dallas County officials reported five additional COVID-19 deaths Saturday and 540 positive cases along with the eighth straight drop in the 7-day average of new cases.
The five people whose deaths were reported include:
- A Garland man in his 50s who had been critically ill at a hospital in the area.
- A man in Dallas in the 1950s who had been critically ill in an area hospital and had high-risk underlying health conditions.
- A man in Dallas in the 1960s who had been critically ill in a hospital in the area and had underlying health conditions at high risk.
- A woman from Lancaster in her 80s who was a resident of a long-term facility. She had been hospitalized, and had underlying health conditions with high risks.
- A Garland woman in her 80s who had been critically ill in an area hospital and had underlying high-risk health conditions.
The 540 new reports reported Friday lowered the county’s average of 7 days for the eighth straight day to 463 cases per day; the 14-day average, which ended a 10-day streak of decline on Wednesday, fell again to 558 cases per day on Saturday.
The numbers reported Saturday bring the total of the county to 53,831 cases of the coronavirus and 751 confirmed deaths.
Since March 20, the date of the first reported COVID-19-related death in Dallas County, the county has averaged 5.4 deaths per day.
The province also reported 43 likely cases of the coronavirus on Saturday, bringing the probable number to 2,072, including a total of 6 likely deaths.
Dallas County does not report COVID-19 repairs because it lacks the manpower to follow up with thousands of patients, however, the Texas Department of State Health Services posted an estimated number of repairs on its site and listed 39,895 for Dallas County as of Saturday, August 8th. . Using data provided by the state, there are an estimated 12,258 active COVID-19 cases in the province.
As of Friday, there were 588 people in the province in acute care being treated for the virus. In the 24-hour period ending Friday, there were 551 ER visits in the province for people who reported COVID-19 symptoms – about 24% of all emergency department visits in the province .
More than 2,514 children under 18 who have been diagnosed with confirmed cases of COVID-19 since July 1 and 61 have been hospitalized, according to the province.
Of cases requiring hospitalization, two-thirds of all COVID-19 patients were under 65 years of age, and about half did not have high-risk chronic health conditions. Diabetes has been an underlying health condition with high risks reported in approximately one-third of all patients hospitalized with COVID-19.
The province has been reporting for several weeks now that more than a third of the deaths associated with COVID-19 have been among residents of long-term care facilities.
Coronavirus cases in Texas
Locations on the map are approximate locations for province and are not intended to identify where infected people live.
Fall data came from a variety of sources, including departments for hospitals, Texas Department of State Health Services, KXAN-TV in Austin and KPRC-TV in Houston.
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