Number of coronavirus cases in Dallas County climbs over 1,000; man in his 30s dies
The number of coronavirus cases in Dallas County climbed over a thousand Saturday as authorities said they knew of 94 new patients.
Dallas County Health and Human Services also reported that an 18th resident of the county had died of COVID-19. The man was in his 30s and lived in Dallas. He had been critically ill at a hospital and did not have underlying high-risk health conditions, the agency said Saturday.
There were 1,015 cases in Dallas County as of Saturday. Of the patients requiring hospitalization, about three-quarters have been either over 60 or have had at least one known high-risk chronic health condition.
Diabetes has been an underlying high-risk health condition reported in about a quarter of all hospitalized patients with COVID-19, the public health agency said.
Dallas County on Friday extended its stay-at-home order until April 30.
This story was originally published April 4, 2020 at 3:47 PM.
