Jenkins Urges Abbott To Get Harder As Dallas County Rises To 1,267 Coronavirus Cases, Another High

As Dallas County reported a maximum of 1,267 new coronavirus cases Saturday, after four consecutive days of reporting fewer than 750 cases, County Judge Clay Jenkins again called on Governor Greg Abbott to take more vigorous action to combat the pandemic.

The county also reported 18 more deaths, making this the deadliest week of the outbreak so far.

The most recent victims include four Dallas residents: a man in his 30s, a 60-year-old man, a 70-year-old man and an 80-year-old woman; a DeSoto woman in her 70s, a Duncanville man in her 40s, a Grand Prairie man in her 50s, a Lancaster man in her 60s, and a Mesquite man in her 70s. The deaths also include two residents of Garland, a 70-year-old man and a 60-year-old man.

The remaining victims were residents of long-term care homes. Four lived on the Dallas premises and included a man in his 50s, a woman in his 70s, a man in his 70s and a woman in his 90s; two lived on the DeSoto facility: a man in his 60s and a man in his 80s; and one victim, a man in his 60s, lived in a facility on Cedar Hill.

The county has now had 46,013 cases, or about 17.5 cases per 1,000 residents, including 604 deaths. The county does not report the number of recoveries.

As of Tuesday, the county had reported more than 1,000 new cases for 18 consecutive days.

Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins urged residents to continue wearing masks in public and avoid unnecessary travel and errands.

“I know today’s numbers are disappointing, but if we continue to do what science tells us is necessary to keep us safe, we will see benefits,” Jenkins said in a prepared statement. “I call the governor again [Greg] Abbott will listen to advice that doctors have given over the past month to close all businesses where you can’t wear masks one hundred percent of the time. “

Jenkins also encouraged county residents to order takeout from local restaurants, as a decline in restaurant customers has caused restaurants to lose revenue.

The county said detailed data on hospitalizations, intensive care unit admissions and visits to the emergency room for symptoms of COVID-19, three metrics used to monitor the course of the outbreak, will not be available for the next few days due to changes implemented by the state health department.

Statewide, 6,020 cases were reported Saturday along with 168 deaths, both below the total of the previous three days. Hospitalizations also decreased slightly to 9,827, although the state said the data is incomplete due to changes in reporting methods.

Tarrant county

Tarrant County reported 15 more COVID-19 deaths on Saturday, bringing the county’s total deaths to 344.

The most recent victims include six Grapevine residents: an 80-year-old woman, three 80-year-old men and two 90-year-old women; two Arlington women, one 60 and one 90; five Fort Worth residents: two 50-year-old women, one 60-year-old man and two 80-year-old men; and two 70-year-old Lake Worth men.

The county also reported 584 new cases of the virus, bringing the number of positive cases to 25,146, or about 12 per 1,000 residents. A total of 11,956 people have recovered and 737 people are hospitalized.

Collin County

Collin County reported 80 new cases of COVID-19 on Saturday, as well as one death.

The most recent victim was an 84-year-old man who died at Founders Plaza Nursing and Rehab in Wylie, the county said in a press release.

The county has now had 5,762 cases of the virus, or about 5.6 per 1,000 residents, including 74 deaths. There have been 4,415 recoveries and 172 people are hospitalized.

Denton County

Denton County reported 128 new cases of COVID-19 on Saturday, along with two deaths.

The most recent victims were a Roanoke woman in her 80s and a man in her 80s who lived in an unincorporated area of ​​Denton County.

The county has now had 6,043 cases of the virus, or about 6.8 per 1,000 residents, including 49 deaths. A total of 3,276 people have recovered, according to county data.

Other counties

Coronavirus reports for many North Texas counties have been taken over by the Texas Department of State Health Services, and may not report updated totals each day. The last numbers are:

• Rockwall County: 673 cases, 17 deaths.
• Kaufman County: 1,440 cases, five deaths.
• Ellis County: 2,268 cases, 21 deaths.
• Johnson County: 1,234 cases, seven deaths.

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