Dallas County reports record COVID-19 cases; hospitalization spike concerns officials
Dallas County reported a new single-day high of 300 coronavirus cases, and three more deaths on Wednesday.
It’s the fifth time in the past week the county has reported a new record as COVID-19 cases continue to spike. The county has reported 200 or more cases every day for the past two weeks.
The county reported three coronavirus deaths Wednesday, including a Dallas woman in her 40s, a DeSoto man in his 70s, and a Garland woman in her 80s who died at a long-term care facility. The Garland woman did not have underlying health conditions.
Dallas County has confirmed a total of 12,945 COVID-19 cases, including 274 deaths. The county is seeing an increase in new cases, in part, because of a wider testing capacity, Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins said in a news release. More than a third of the coronavirus deaths in the county have been residents of long-term care facilities.
North Texas has seen an increase of 100 coronavirus patient hospitalizations over the past two days, according to Dallas County data.
“Unfortunately, yesterday we saw an increase of 80 more hospitalizations across the DFW Metroplex than the day before and today that increase continued with 20 more hospitalizations. In Dallas County, we’ve gone from 321 hospitalizations for COVID-19 two days ago to 372 hospitalizations [Wednesday],” Jenkins said. “The numbers are concerning to the Public Health Committee and we’ll continue to watch them closely.”
COVID-19 cases over time
Coronavirus daily case counts over time by local counties in the Dallas - Fort Worth metroplex. Tap the arrow button to replay the animation. Data provided by Texas Health and Human Services and local counties.
This story was originally published June 10, 2020 at 4:40 PM.
