Dallas County records 5 more coronavirus deaths, but new cases continue to drop
Dallas County reported five more coronavirus deaths and 71 new cases on Friday, down for the fourth day in a row.
There have been 77 COVID-19-related deaths in the county. The latest include four residents of Dallas long-term care facilities and one Garland man in his 70s. The four deceased Dallas residents included a man and woman in their 80s and two women in their 90s. All had been critically ill at area hospitals.
Dallas County has confirmed 2,834 COVID-19 cases. The county is not reporting recovered patient totals.
New cases reported decreased for the fourth consecutive day, including 90 on Tuesday, 81 on Wednesday and 80 on Thursday.
Of the 77 pandemic-related deaths, almost 40% have been residents of long-term care facilities. Eighty percent of those who died had underlying health conditions.
The ethnic breakdown of total deaths includes 35 whites, 21 Hispanics, 15 blacks and six classified as “other.”
“Our new Parkland Mobile Testing unit performed 152 tests in one nursing home yesterday and is back out today,” Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins said in a release. “We must do all we can to protect our most vulnerable and push more testing into high uninsured neighborhoods where underlying health conditions are more prevalent.”
This story was originally published April 24, 2020 at 4:24 PM.
