Dallas County reports 2,246 coronavirus cases, 7 deaths

17:20 updated: revised to include nationwide data.

Dallas County on Sunday reported 2,246 cases of coronavirus and seven COVID-19 deaths.

Health officials also said that 109 long-term care facilities in Dallas County have coronavirus outbreaks – the highest number since the onset of the pandemic.

Three Dallas men were among the most recent deaths: one in his 40s and two in their 60s. The remaining victims included a Grand Prairie man in his 60s, a Richardson woman in her 60s, a Garland woman in her 60s and a Duncanville woman in her 80s.

All seven victims were hospitalized and had underlying health problems.

Of the new cases reported Sunday, 1,987 are confirmed and 259 likely. The newly reported cases bring the province’s total confirmed cases to 192 567 and probable cases to 24 652. The province’s death toll stands at 1,773.

The province said it only considers positive antigen tests (sometimes called rapid tests) as likely cases; some antibody and “household” results were previously included.

While other North Texas counties give estimates for how many people have recovered from the virus, Dallas County officials do not report recovery, noting that the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention does not use the measure.

Health officials use hospitalizations, intensive care visits and emergency visits as key statistics to track the real-time impact of COVID-19 in the country. The province will report hospitalization data next Tuesday.

More than two-thirds of all confirmed cases requiring hospitalization so far were among people under 65, and according to the province, diabetes was an underlying condition in about a third of all patients admitted to hospital.

Of the total confirmed COVID-19 deaths in the province, approximately 22% are related to long-term care facilities.

Statewide data

Across the state, another 15,592 cases and 186 COVID-19 deaths were reported. Texas has now reported 1,954,406 cases and 29,877 deaths.

Of the new cases, 12,954 were confirmed and 2,638 likely. The state reported 1,716,824 confirmed cases and 237,582 probable cases.

The state also added 236 parent confirmed cases and 27 parent probable cases recently reported by laboratories.

There are 13,111 COVID-19 patients in Texas hospitals, including 4,071 in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.

According to the state panel, 27.17% of the patients in the hospital region covering the Dallas-Fort Worth area were COVID-19 patients.

The seven-day average positivity rate across the country for molecular tests, based on the date of collection of the test sample, was 19.15% from Saturday. State health officials said the use of data based on when people were tested was the most accurate percentage.

For antigen tests, the positivity rate for the same period was 12.41%.

Tarrant county

Tarrant County on Sunday reported 2,950 cases of coronavirus and no new deaths.

The newly reported cases bring the province to 176,790, including 153,472 confirmed cases, 23,318 probable cases and 125,846 recoveries. The death toll stands at 1,711.

According to Sunday’s numbers on the provincial dashboard, 1,524 people are being admitted to hospital with the virus.

Collin county

The state on Sunday added 752 cases of coronavirus and six new COVID-19 deaths. The province has now posted 56,988 cases and a death toll of 422.

No details about the latest victims were available.

Of the new cases, 628 were confirmed and 124 likely. Collin County recorded 50,312 confirmed cases and 6,676 probable cases. According to state data, the province has 6,429 active cases and recorded 43,883 recoveries.

The province’s coronavirus dashboard offers only total hospitalizations, now 562.

Denton county

Denton County officials said they would no longer report new coronavirus data on Sundays.

As of Saturday, the province reported 43,107 cases, including 13,604 that were active and 29,270 that were repaired. The death toll stood at 233.

Other provinces

The Texas Department of Public Health has taken over reporting for these other North Texas counties. In some provinces, new data is not reported every day.

The latest numbers are:

• Rockwall County: 7,481 cases (6,247 confirmed and 1,234 likely), 60 deaths.
• Kaufman County: 10,538 cases (9,181 confirmed and 1,357 probable), 142 deaths.
• Ellis County: 14,984 cases (13,191 confirmed and 1,793 likely), 185 deaths.
• Johnson County: 12,912 cases (11,492 confirmed and 1,420 likely), 184 deaths.