As many as 1,675 more coronavirus cases were reported in Dallas County on Saturday, all considered new. Two new COVID-19 deaths have also been reported.
The latest victims were two Dallas men in their 70s who were critically ill in a hospital and had underlying health conditions.
The Las County, “Initially, the number of improvements, this is an indication that residents are renewing their power and can widely distribute vaccines and engage in shared sacrifices and patriotism to keep our community and our country strong as long as it has an impact. Is. ” Judge Clay Jenkins said in a written statement.
“We continue to do that and make those smart decisions. We will be feeling for the next week what the consequences will be after the effects of Thanksgiving, and with the cold weather, we know that more and more people are being pushed into tight spaces indoors, so cases of COVID are likely to increase. “
Of the new cases reported on Saturday, 1,411 have been confirmed and 264 are probable. The newly reported cases bring the county’s total confirmed cases to 132,890 and potential cases to 13,430. The county reported 1,232 confirmed COVID-19 deaths and 38 potential deaths.
The county recently announced that it was considering only positive antigen tests (called rapid tests) as potential cases; A few antibodies and “home” results were included before.
Officials in North Las County, while other counties in North Texas, provide estimates of how many people have been infected with the virus. Do not report recovery, Noted that the Federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention do not use that metric.
Health officials use hospital admissions, intensive care admissions and emergency room visits as key metrics to detect the real-time impact of COVID-19 in the county. In the 24-hour period that ended Friday, 764 Kovid-19 patients were in intensive care at the county’s hospitals. During the same period, 474 ER visits were for symptoms of the disease.
The county reported that 5,320 school-age children have tested positive for COVID-19 since Nov. 1. Thirteen schools have been temporarily closed this week for personal instruction, the county said.
More than two-thirds of hospitalized cases confirmed so far are among people under the age of 65, and according to the county, about one-third of hospitalized patients have an underlying condition of diabetes.
The county had a daily seven-day average of 1,069 newly confirmed and probable cases for the most recent reporting period. The figure is calculated by the date of COVID-19 test collection, according to the county.
Dallas County does not provide a positive rate for all COVID-19 tests conducted in the area; County health officials said they do not have an exact count of how many tests are performed each day. But according to the county’s most recent reporting period, 22.3% of people tested positive for the virus in a hospital showing COVD-19 symptoms. This is an increase compared to the previous reporting period, when 20.4% of such patients tested positive.
There are currently 97 outbreaks in long-term care facilities, including 927 cases in the last 30 days.
On Saturday, North Texas county judges and the mayor received an official notification from the state of the business capacity rollbacks asked by CO’s COVID-19 hospitalization rate.
The hospital area of North Texas reached a seven-day high on Thursday when 15% or more of available hospital beds were occupied by patients who tested positive for COVID-19. Reaching that benchmark prompts restaurants to reduce their capacity from 75% to close at bars 0% and below. Order, arranged by the government Greg Abbott.
State Health Commissioner Dr. John Hallerstad on Saturday formally notified North Texas County judges of the order and sent a letter outlining what it indicates.
The letter was more formal, although local officials have been aware of the order since Thursday.
As of early Saturday, the capacity of rest restaurants, retail stores, office fee buildings, manufacturing facilities, gym and exercise facilities, museums and libraries in North Texas should not be limited to more than 50%, ”Hallerstad said in the letter.
Statewide data
A further 11,627 cases and 247 COVID-19 deaths were reported across the state on Saturday. Texas now has 1,240,750 confirmed cases and 22,502 fatalities.
Texas hospitals have 8,916 Covid-19 patients, including 2,454 in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.
On Saturday, 14.94% of patients admitted to the hospital in the North Texas hospital area were COVID-19 patients. According to Abbott’s order, business capacity in the sector must be below the 15% threshold for seven consecutive days to grow rollbacks.
The seven-day average positivity rate across the state, based on the date of collection of test samples as of Friday, was 14.23%. State health officials said using data based on when people were tested provided the most accurate positivity rate.
The state also provides a positive rate based on when the laboratory results were reported; As of Friday, the rate was 14.26%.
Officials previously calculated Texas’ coronavirus positivity rate by dividing the total number of new positive test results by the most recent seven days. According to the state dashboard, with that move, the positivity rate is now 14.05%.
A spokesman for the Texas State Health Services Department said positivity rate data would be released in phases based on lab results and new cases, but was still being provided for the purpose of transparency and consistency.
Tarant County
Trent County reported 1,302 coronavirus cases and one new death Saturday.
Information about the most recent victim was not made available.
The newly registered cases bring the county to a total of 108,480, including 95,882 confirmed cases, 12,598 potential cases and 76,022 retrievals. The death toll is 872.
As of Saturday’s count on the county dashboard, 851 people have been hospitalized with the virus.
Colin County
A total of 422 coronavirus cases were reported Saturday in Colin County in the state, bringing the total to 28,547. Five new COVID-19 casualties were also reported, bringing the county’s death toll to 277.
No details were available about the latest victims.
According to state data, there are 3,167 active cases of the virus in the county and 25,380 recoveries have been reported.
The county’s coronavirus dashboard only admits 320, total hospital admissions.
Denton County
There are 389 coronavirus cases reported in Denton County – of which 267 are active – and no new deaths were reported Saturday.
The newly registered cases bring the county’s total to 26,034, of which 6,882 are active and 18,994 are in recovery. The death toll is 1,158.
The number of cases reported in the new report increased the total number of nuclear cases in the county to 21,903, while the number of antigen cases was 4,131.
According to county data, there are 127 COVID-19 patients hospitalized with the virus.
Other counties
The Texas State Health Services Department has handled the report for these other North Texas counties. In some counties, new data may not be reported daily.
The latest numbers are:
- Rokvall County: 3,540 cases, 39 deaths.
- Kaufman County: 5,369 cases, 87 deaths.
- Ellis County: 7,905 cases, 127 deaths.
- Johnson County: 6,364 cases, 115 deaths.
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