From Dallas County state backlog, 1 connects 360 coronavirus cases with a majority of deaths

Updated at 7:30 p.m.: Improved to include Denton County information.

Dallas County reported 360 coronavirus cases on Sunday – 127 new and 233 cases reported from previous months, as the state continues to try to catch a backlog of cases.

The county also announced a new death: a Dallas woman in her 70s who had internal health problems and died in an area hospital.

The new numbers bring the county’s total number to 71,170 cases – or 27 for every 1,000 residents – and 901 deaths.

The county said 233 cases were reported in the previous months, including 88 from April, 64 from May, 72 from June, four from July and eight from August. Five cases came from March, which the county said could be due to a date entry error by the lab.

From Aug. 8 to 21, the county said, 393 children aged 5 to 18 were diagnosed with COVID-19. According to the county, about half of them were high school age.

A total of 75,759 new cases were reported in Texas on Sunday, with more than 90 deaths, according to the state’s Covid-1d dashboard. Texas has 610,354 confirmed cases and a total of 12,510 fatalities reported. According to the dashboard, an estimated 499,518 people have recovered and an estimated 98,326 active cases.

Tarant County

214 new coronavirus cases were reported Sunday in Trent County and two people died.

The most recent victims were a man from Ulysses in the 70’s and an Arlington man in the 60’s. Both had underlying health problems, according to the county health department.

Tarantula County now has 552 COVID-19 deaths and 35,794 recoveries from the virus.

The county’s total number of new cases reported Sunday is 1,4866, with a potential 2,270 cases.

On Sunday, 247 people were hospitalized from COVID-19 in Taranto County.

Colin County

Colin County reported 57 new coronavirus cases on Sunday, bringing its total confirmed cases to 10,946.

Citing data from the State Health Services Department, the Colin County COVID-19 dashboard says the county has 637 active coronavirus cases and 10,309 people have recovered.

But the county says the state has acknowledged that the county’s active case count has “significantly increased.”

“We advise residents that Colin County lacks confidence in the data currently being provided to us,” the county said in a note on its dashboard.

No new deaths were reported Sunday, bringing the county’s tally to 111.

Denton County

Denton County did not announce the new case until 7:30 p.m. Sunday. It announced 119 cases on Saturday, bringing the total to 9,994.

There have been 100 deaths and 7,866 recovered cases in Denton County, officials said Saturday.

Other counties

The Texas State Health Services Department has taken on the task of taking reports for many North Texas counties, and some may not report daily updates.

The latest numbers are:

• Rokvall County: 1,316 cases, 21 deaths.
• Kaufman County: 2,757 cases, 37 deaths.
• Ellis County: 3,758 cases, 56 deaths.
• Johnson County: 2,500 cases, 44 deaths.

The report was contributed by staff author L. Wendrick Smith.

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