More than 30,000 Texans have died from coronavirus; 3549 cases are recorded in Dallas County records

Updated at 16:20: Review to include countrywide information.

Dallas County on Tuesday reported a one-day record of 3,549 new cases of coronavirus, along with 14 additional deaths. Meanwhile, the number of Texans killed by the virus has exceeded 30,000, according to state data.

Hospitalizations in Dallas County and across the state also reached new highs, with the latter 14,000 for the first time.

Nine of the youngest people in Dallas County who died lived in Dallas: a woman in her 40s, three men and two women in their 60s, two men in their 70s and a man in his 80s. The other victims were two Highland Park residents, a man in his 60s and a woman in her 70s; two Mesquite men, in their fifties and sixties; and a DeSoto man in his 50s.

Both had underlying health conditions that put them at higher risk for complications from the virus, officials said.

District Judge Clay Jenkins said in a written statement that North Texans are now in the “most difficult time for COVID distribution.” He said residents should help curb the spread to ensure health workers are able to give vaccinations as quickly as possible.

“Activities that you thought were safe weeks ago are now much less safe,” he said. “The task of keeping safe and maintaining the spread of COVID falls on you all.”

The previous daily high of Dallas County, 3,194, was reported Saturday.

Of the new cases reported Tuesday, 2,979 have been confirmed and 570 likely. The newly reported cases bring the province’s total confirmed cases to 197 359 and probable cases to 25 276. The province recorded 1,791 total COVID-19 deaths.

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 of how many people have recovered from infections, Dallas County officials do not, noting that the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention does not use the measure.

Health officials use hospitalizations, admissions to intensive care and visits to emergencies as key statistics to track the real-time impact of COVID-19 in the country. In the 24-hour period that ended Monday, a record 1,226 COVID-19 patients were in acute care in hospitals across the country. During the same period, 462 ER visits were for symptoms of the disease.

Statewide data

A further 26,052 cases and 286 COVID-19 deaths were reported across the state. Of the added cases, 25,301 were new and 751 older persons were recently reported by laboratories.

Texas has now reported 1,995,292 cases and 30,219 deaths.

Of the new cases, 22,110 were confirmed and 3,191 likely. The state reported 1,753,059 confirmed cases and 242,233 probable cases.

There were a record 14,218 COVID-19 patients in Texas hospitals, including 4,158 in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. According to the state panel, 25.7% 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 18.4% as of Monday. State health officials said the use of data based on when people were tested provided the most accurate positivity rate.

For antigen tests, the positivity rate for the same period was 12.3%.

Tarrant county

Tarrant County on Tuesday reported 1817 cases of coronavirus and 30 new deaths.

Nine of the youngest victims lived in Fort Worth: two men and a woman in their 60s, two men in their 70s, three men in their 80s and a woman in her 90s. Eight more were from Arlington: a woman in her 60s, a man and two women in their 70s, a man in his 80s and a man and two women in their 90s.

The other victims were four Mansfield women, two in their 60s, one in her 70s and one in her 90s; two North Richland Hills residents, a man in his 60s and a woman in her 90s; An Azle man in his 90s; A Bedford woman in her 90s; A Burleson man in his 70s; A ruthless man in his 70s; a man from Haltom City in his 70s; a Richland Hills man in his 70s; and a White Settlement man in his 80s.

All but one had underlying high-risk health conditions, health officials said.

The newly reported cases bring the province to 180,794: 156,876 confirmed cases and 23,918 probable cases. There were 128,406 stories. The death toll stood at 1,762.

According to Tuesday’s numbers on the provincial dashboard, 1,469 people were admitted to hospital with the virus.

Collin county

The state on Tuesday added 1,098 cases of coronavirus and six new COVID-19 deaths. The country has now posted 58,968 cases and 428 deaths.

No details about the latest victims were available.

Of the new cases, 692 were confirmed and 406 probable. Collin County recorded 51,840 confirmed cases and 7,128 probable cases. According to state data, the country recorded 45,846 repairs.

The province’s coronavirus dashboard offers only total hospitalizations, now at 561.

Denton county

Denton County on Tuesday reported 579 cases of coronavirus – of which 542 were active.

No new deaths were reported, leaving the province’s toll at 237.

The newly reported cases brought the province’s total to 44,158, of which 13,495 are active and 30,426 are recovering. They also increased total molecular cases to 35,964 and antigen cases to 8,194.

There were 222 COVID-19 patients in hospitals, the province reported.

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: 7,782 cases (6,517 confirmed and 1,265 likely), 61 deaths.
• Kaufman County: 10,975 cases (9,581 confirmed and 1,394 probable), 144 deaths.
• Ellis County: 15,676 cases (13,833 confirmed and 1,433 likely), 187 deaths.
• Johnson County: 13,401 cases (11,941 confirmed and 1,460 likely), 187 deaths.