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EL PASO, Texas – El Paso health officials reported five new deaths from Covid-19 and 481 more cases on Saturday morning, for a cumulative total of 109,589 cases and 1,641 deaths.
The latest deaths include a man and woman in his fifties, a man in his sixties, a man in his sixties and a man in his forties. All five had underlying health issues, officials said.
On Saturday, the number of active infections stood at 35,080.
Infections in El Paso have been on the rise since the Christmas and New Year holidays, but remain short of the fall outbreak, according to an El Paso Matters analysis of data from the El Paso Department of Public Health.
So far, in January, El Paso Matters analysis also shows that people 19 and under account for almost 20% of new infections, more than 3 points higher than their proportion of cases in 2020. The rise in cases among children comes at a time when some schools have reverted to in-person learning.
Authorities said 72,306 residents of El Paso have recovered from the virus so far, but doctors note that some infected people may experience long-term health effects despite recovery.
Complete virus data from the El Paso Department of Health is available online at EPStrong.org.
(El Paso Matters contributed to this report.)
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