North Texas Health Officials Looking To Increase Coronavirus Testing This Week
Health officials in North Texas are working to increase testing capabilities for COVID-19 as the number of infected patients continues to grow.
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Health officials in North Texas are working to increase testing capabilities for COVID-19 as the number of infected patients continues to grow.
Dallas County health officials have announced two more presumptive positive cases of COVID-19, bringing the total to 11 cases.
Dallas County Health and Human Services is reporting its ninth presumptive positive case of 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19).
The pandemic has spread to all of the state's biggest cities, including Dallas, Houston, San Antonio and Austin.
Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson has issued a proclamation declaring a local state of disaster after officials said Thursday that there is now evidence of a community spread of COVID-19 within the city.
One of the new cases has no travel history, meaning there has been community spread.
This cancellation applies only to jury trials at the George Allen Civil Courthouse and at the Justice of the Peace Courts and not to the Frank Crowley Criminal Courthouse.
The amended results from 44 vote centers now show an increase of 6,818 votes in the Democratic Primary and 2,331 votes in the Republican Primary.
As a previously identified close contact of that individual, this presumptive positive case was expected and is not cause for concern. These cases are not indicative of community spread.
A 77-year-old man has Dallas County's first presumptive positive case of novel coronavirus (COVID-19).
A judge has granted an order that allows Dallas County to recount Super Tuesday ballots from 44 voting centers that had discrepancies.
The decision whether to reopen the Super Tuesday election results in Dallas County will lie in the hands of a district judge.
Dallas County is calling for a recount of results from the Super Tuesday primaries after officials said they found discrepancies from 44 thumb drives on that March 3 election day.
At a demonstration Thursday, a lab supervisor said about a dozen tests had been completed in the first two days of testing. All came back negative for the virus.
Dallas County leaders say they are facing the threat in several ways, urging prevention and asking the community to keep the threat in perspective.
There are 16,211,198 million registered voters, an increase of 104,214 from last month, which was also a record.
Dallas County spent $4 million to buy 4,200 new electronic polling books from the same company that makes the county's voting machines.
The patient was 62 with underlying medical conditions and lived in Dallas, according to Dallas County Health and Human Services.
"Working with community partners, we can start to impact those lives where they live," says James Perez, Parkland's Administrator of Operations Population Health.
The Dallas County Community College District has consolidated its seven colleges into a single institution in an effort to fix structural issues with the previous system that caused about 1,300 students to not receive their degrees.
Concern struck social media Friday as rumors were shared that the coronavirus spread to North Texas.
Dallas County health officials took a data driven look at the unhealthiest zip codes Thursday and called on all stakeholders to work toward solutions.
The patients were 37, 62, and 77 years old and each one had underlying medical conditions.
Turmulo was remembered as an inclusive, funny friend and a great student who loved to dance.
This death is the 10th adult flu-related death in addition to the one confirmed pediatric flu-related death in Dallas County during the 2019-2020 flu season.
