Dallas County Reports 182 More COVID-19 Cases, No Additional Deaths From The Coronavirus
This is the first time health officials have reported less than 100 COVID-19 cases on any day since April 27.
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This is the first time health officials have reported less than 100 COVID-19 cases on any day since April 27.
Dallas County on Sunday reported 332 cases of COVID-19, with 93 of them coming from a backlog in the state's reporting system.
Dallas County on Saturday reported 1,086 cases of COVID-19, with 862 of them coming from a backlog in the state's reporting system.
Starting Saturday, Dallas County is offering COVID-19 testing to anyone over 5 years old with or without symptoms.
The total COVID-19 case count in Dallas County is 67,486 along with 849 deaths.
Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins called the death a "reminder that COVID-19 is a serious illness for everyone and can be deadly for anyone."
Forty-four of those newly reported cases are from April, May and June that were "lost in the State's system," Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins said.
Health authorities are still wrestling through a backlog of more than 5,000 COVID-19 cases that were reported last weekend in Dallas County.
"Today we have 237 new COVID-19 positive cases to be reported of people who were tested in August," said Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins.
"The State's working to fix the coding error, but we expect several more days of backlogged cases," said Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins.
Dallas County on Sunday reported 5,361 new COVID-19 cases due to a backlog in reporting through the state, health officials said.
Dallas County ended the week with 754 new COVID-19 cases and eight more deaths on Saturday.
Dallas County is entering the weekend with 885 new COVID-19 cases, which is the most health officials have reported this week so far.
In Tarrant County, children under 15 years old make up just 6% of cases. Teens and young adults ages 15 to 24 account for 17%.
Dallas County Health and Human Services is reporting 641 additional confirmed cases of the coronavirus, bringing the total confirmed case count in Dallas County to 56,428.
Dallas County Health and Human Services reported 234 additional confirmed COVID-19 cases Wednesday and nine more deaths.
Dallas County Health and Human Services confirmed 298 more COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, bringing the total case count in the county to 55,553.
Dallas County Health and Human Services reported 581 additional confirmed COVID-19 cases on Monday.
Dallas County started off the week by seeing an uptick in new COVID-19 cases, with 843 reported on Sunday.
Dallas County on Saturday reported 540 news cases of COVID-19, while Tarrant County reported 779.
About 75% of the inmates have tested positive for COVID-19 at one North Texas federal prison, making it one of the hardest-hit prisons in the nation.
Dallas County Health and Human. Services also announced 10 more COVID-19 deaths, bringing the total to 746.
Dallas County Health and Human Services reported 230 additional confirmed COVID-19 cases Thursday.
The SBA issued a disaster declaration for Dallas and neighboring counties, and as a result, small businesses may qualify for federal assistance.
Dallas County Health and Human Services reported 508 additional COVID-19 cases Wednesday and four deaths.