Dallas County reports 1,858 coronavirus cases, 22 deaths; Tarrant County’s 29 new deaths include child under 10

Updated at 5:15 p.m.: Revised to include Denton County data.

Dallas County reported 1,858 new coronavirus cases on Tuesday, as well as 22 additional deaths from COVID-19.

The latest victims included six Dallas residents, all of whom had underlying health issues: two women in their 50s, a man and woman in their 60s, a man in her 80s, and a woman in her 80s who lived in a long-term care facility. establishment.

Four Lancaster residents also died: a woman in her sixties and two men and a woman in her sixties. All of them had underlying health problems.

Three Duncanville residents, all of whom had underlying health issues, were among the dead: a woman in her sixties, a man in his sixties and a man in his sixties.

Two Garland residents – a man in his fifties and one in his sixties – and two residents of Mesquite – a man in his sixties and a woman in his 80s – have also died.

The other victims were a man from Cedar Hill in his forties, a woman from Carrollton in her fifties who died in a long-term care facility, a man from Cockrell Hill in his sixties, a woman from Sunnyvale in his 90s and a man from Richardson in his 90s, died in a long-term care facility. Officials said all but one had underlying health issues.

Of the new cases, 1,497 were confirmed and 361 were probable.

The newly reported cases bring the county total to 250,376 – 221,012 confirmed cases and 29,364 probable cases. The death toll stands at 2052.

Health officials are using hospitalizations, intensive care admissions and emergency room visits as key indicators to track the real-time impact of COVID-19 in the county. In the 24-hour period that ended on Monday, 1,133 patients with COVID-19 were in acute care at county hospitals. During the same period, 453 emergency room visits were for symptoms of the disease, or about 21% of all emergency room visits in the county.

The county said in a press release that if the number of hospitalizations were to drop slightly, forecasts from UT Southwestern Medical Center indicated the county could reach 1,600 hospitalizations by February 5.

“The capacity of intensive care units remains under heavy demand and hospitals are still operating under contingency planning,” the county said in a statement.

According to state data, 117,520 people in Dallas County have received at least one dose of a coronavirus vaccine, while 22,290 are fully vaccinated.

Texas

Statewide, an additional 26,274 cases were reported on Tuesday – 25,464 new cases and 810 older cases recently reported by labs.

The state also reported 307 deaths from COVID-19, bringing its toll to 34,701.

Of the new cases, 21,813 were confirmed and 3,651 were probable. Of the older cases, 665 have been confirmed and 145 were probable.

The newly reported cases bring the state’s total to 2,273,119 – 1,988,063 confirmed cases and 285,056 probable cases.

There are 12,851 COVID-19 patients in Texas hospitals, including 3,585 in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. As of Monday, 21.8% of patients in the hospital region covering the Dallas-Fort Worth area were COVID-19 patients – above the 15% threshold used by the state to define high hospitalizations.

The statewide seven-day average positivity rate for molecular testing, based on the date the samples were taken, was 14.4% on Monday. For antigenic tests, the positivity rate for the same period was 8.3%. A molecular test is considered more accurate and is sometimes also referred to as a PCR test; an antigen test is also called a rapid test. Gov. Greg Abbott said a positivity rate of over 10% was concerning.

According to state data, 1,571,093 people in Texas have received at least one dose of a coronavirus vaccine, while 297,503 are fully vaccinated.

Tarrant County

Tarrant County reported 1,524 coronavirus cases and 29 deaths on Tuesday.

The county reported its youngest victim to date on Tuesday: a Fort Worth boy under the age of 10. Authorities did not give details about the child, including his age and whether he had any health problems, but the Star of Fort Worth Telegram indicated he was less than a year old.

Seven other Fort Worth residents were among the victims: a man in his thirties, a man in his fifties, a woman and three men in his sixties and a man in his sixties.

Also among the victims were 10 Arlington residents: a man in his 40s, three men in his 60s, two men and two women in their 60s and two women in their 40s. Four residents of North Richland Hills have also died: two men in their 60s, a man in his 60s and a woman in her 80s.

The other victims were two residents of Bedford, a man in his sixties and a woman over 90; two residents of Watauga, a woman in her sixties and a man in her sixties; a man from Keller in his sixties; a Saginaw man in his sixties; and a Westworth Village man in his fifties.

Twenty-six of the victims reported on Tuesday that they had underlying health problems. One did not and it is not known if the other two did.

Of the new cases, 1,072 were confirmed and 452 were probable.

The newly reported cases bring the county total to 209,849 – 181,207 confirmed cases and 28,642 probable cases. The death toll stands at 2,101.

According to the county, 1,295 people were hospitalized with the virus on Monday.

According to state data, 90,645 people in Tarrant County have received at least one dose of a coronavirus vaccine, while 9,451 are fully vaccinated.

Collin County

The state added 461 coronavirus cases and six deaths to the Collin County total on Tuesday.

No details on the latest casualties were available.

Of the new cases, 167 were confirmed and 294 were probable.

The newly reported cases bring the county total to 69,404 – 59,705 confirmed cases and 9,699 probable cases. The death toll stands at 539.

According to the county, 493 people are hospitalized with the virus.

According to state data, 43,645 people in Collin County have received at least one dose of a coronavirus vaccine, while 9,330 are fully vaccinated.

Denton County

Denton County reported 774 coronavirus cases and 14 deaths on Tuesday.

Eight of the victims lived in Denton: two men in their 50s and four men and two women over 80. Three of the men over 80 and one of the women resided at Anthology of Denton, and the other woman resided at Brinker Denton Elderly Care Center.

The other victims were a Carrollton man in his sixties, a Frisco in his sixties who lived in Prairie Estates, a Little Elm man in his sixties, a Plano woman over 80 who lived in Prestonwood Court and two men in the sixty who lived. in the unincorporated county of Denton.

The newly reported cases bring the county total to 51,212 – 40,861 confirmed cases and 10,351 probable cases. The death toll stands at 308.

According to the county, 180 people are hospitalized with the virus.

State data shows 24,229 people in Denton County have received at least one dose of a coronavirus vaccine and 5,039 are fully vaccinated.

Other counties

The Texas Department of State Health Services have resumed reporting for these other North Texas counties. In some countries, new data may not be communicated every day.

The latest numbers are:

• Rockwall County: 9,018 cases (7,542 confirmed and 1,476 probable), 89 deaths.
• Kaufman County: 12,624 cases (10,987 confirmed and 1,637 probable), 173 deaths.
• Ellis County: 18,046 cases (15,893 confirmed and 2,153 probable), 223 deaths.
• Johnson County: 15,901 cases (14,112 confirmed and 1,789 probable), 243 deaths.