Dallas County tops 800 deaths from COVID-19, has accumulated 360 deaths in the last month, Jenkins says

Dallas County crossed the 800 death threshold with 13 new deaths from COVID-19 reported Thursday. The province also registered 641 new cases of coronavirus.

Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins said at a news conference that the county is seeing a steady decline in new cases after posting record highs in early and mid-July.

“Today you may notice that it is a bit higher than yesterday, but if you look at the Sunday trends, they are going in the right direction. They’re going down, “he said.

Jenkins said the county incurred 360 COVID-19 deaths last month.

Nine of the dead were Thursday residents of Dallas, including a man and woman in their 50s, a man and two women in their 60s, two women in their 70s, and two women in their’s. 80, one of whom lived in a long-term care facility. The remaining dead were a Garland man in his 30s, a Farmers Branch man in his 50s, a Garland man in his 60s and a Garland man in his 80s.

“Any life lost is obviously one too many,” Jenkins said.

This increases the total confirmed deaths of the province to 807 and cases to 56,428. The province reports no repairs.

The province also reported 109 new probable cases of the virus, for a total of 2,469, including seven probable deaths. Dallas County counts probable cases separately and does not include them in the confirmed total of cases.

“When you think of likely cases, think most of all of a family where one person tested positive and another family member had the same symptoms but did not get a test,” Jenkins said.

Hospitalizations for the virus were at 535 on Wednesday, and visits to the emergency room for symptoms – 607 – accounted for about 26% of all visits.

Jenkins said the county has seen a decline in hospitalization numbers after hiding around 700 per day in late July. ER visits are also down from the record 844 seen on 14 July.

“While all of this is very encouraging, I would predict that even with the recent declines, these numbers are still much, much higher … than they were May 1,” Jenkins said.

Statewide, Texas on Thursday reported 255 new deaths and 6,755 cases. The state’s totals now stand at 513,575 cases of coronavirus, 9,289 deaths and an estimated 375,760 repairs, according to data from the Department of State Health Services.

State hospitalizations are at 6,879, with 1,200 in Dallas-Fort Worth area hospitals, according to the data.

Jenkins said the positive number for tests is “very bad” in Texas, at 16.08% on Wednesday. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, he noted, says the province needs a positivity rate of about 5% to show that testing is adequate and not made up of people who are sick.

Dallas County officials do not have the positivity level of all private labs in the county, Jenkins said. However, the province has the rate for hospitals, which is slightly lower than 16%.

He said the province expanded its test criteria on test sites conducted by province to accommodate more people because of the degree of positivity. Testing on the sites is down 40%, he said.

Dr. Philip Huang notes that adolescents who use vaping products or smoke are at increased risk for coronavirus. A Stanford University study, he said, indicated that they are 5 to 7 times more likely to get coronavirus.

Huang said the province’s decline in cases correlated with a drop in what is known as the “R0 number.”

Jenkins said the county is looking at the R0 – pronounced “R-naughty” – score to determine how much the virus reproduces in the community or how many people can infect someone with COVID-19.

The province currently has a .087 score, he said, which means that if 100 people get sick, they will likely spread it to 87 people, leading to a decline.

Jenkins also said that if a small number of people stop taking precautionary measures, cases could increase.

“It just takes two or three percent of them to throw us all back in the frying pan, so we have to keep that resolution.”

Tarrant County

The province reported eight new COVID-19 deaths Thursday and 355 cases.

Five of the victims are residents of Fort Worth, including a man in his 50s, a woman in her 70s and three women in her 80s. The remaining dead are of a Grapevine man in his 80s, an Azle man in his 60s and a Kennedale woman in her 60s. All had underlying health conditions.

The province’s total increased to 442 deaths and 35,129 cases. Of the total cases, 1,726 are likely to be considered.

There are 405 people hospitalized with the virus and an estimated 25,045 have been recovered, according to provincial data.

Collin County

The county reported 149 new cases of coronavirus Thursday and its 94th death – a McKinney man in his 60s.

The province has now reported 8,445 confirmed cases. According to provincial data, 144 people are hospitalized with the virus, while 5,289 have recovered.

Denton County

Seven new deaths from COVID-19 and 118 new cases of coronavirus were announced Thursday.

Officials said the dead included a Northlake man in his 70s; a man from Little Elm in his 50s; a man in the 60s of southeast unincorporated Denton County; a woman over 80 living at Countryside Nursing and Rehabilitation in Pilot Point; a woman and man over 80 who lived at The Vintage Health Care Center in Denton; and a woman in her 70s who lived at Cottonwood Nursing and Rehabilitation in Denton.

“Although there have been a number of deaths reported in Denton County this week, we remain cautiously optimistic about fewer new cases of COVID-19 and the continuing increase in the number of recoveries,” said Denton County Judge Andy Eads.

There are a total of 80 COVID-19 deaths in the province and 8,077 confirmed cases

Hospitalizations stand at 42, while 5,103 people have recovered, according to county data.

Other counties

The Texas Department of State Health Services has taken over reporting for other North Texas counties. Some of them may not report daily updates. The latest figures are:

• Rockwall County: 1,057 cases, 18 deaths.
• Kaufman County: 2,364 cases, 28 deaths.
• Ellis County: 3,244 cases, 48 ​​deaths.
• Johnson County: 2,073 cases, 31 deaths.

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