Dallas County reports record high new coronavirus cases for fourth consecutive day
Dallas County reported a single-day high 572 new coronavirus cases and one death on Monday.
It’s the fourth consecutive day the county has reported a record for new COVID-19 cases. Dallas County has reported at least 300 cases every day since June 10.
The latest death is an Irving man in his 40s. He had not been critically ill and had not been admitted to a hospital but had underlying health conditions, according to officials.
Dallas County has confirmed a total of 20,737 COVID-19 cases, including 353 deaths.
Health officials are reporting more than half of all COVID-19 cases reported since June 1 have been among people age 18 to 39.
“Increasing reports are continuing to be associated with multiple large recreational and social gatherings since the beginning of June, including house parties,” Dallas health officials said in a release. Almost 70% of all COVID-19 hospitalizations in June have been patients under 65 and about half of these patients have no high-risk health condition.
Hospitalizations for COVID-19 in Dallas County increased from 571 to 611 over the weekend, which concerns health officials, according to Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins.
“Hopefully, this is because hospitals have made it a point to increase accuracy of weekend reporting, but either way, the numbers are of great concern,” Jenkins said in the release. “We are seeing significant growth throughout Texas and here in North Texas in the number of COVID-19 cases, and if this trend does not reverse, it will have a very serious and negative impact on public health and our economy.”
Estimated active cases over time
Coronavirus daily active case estimates by local counties in the Dallas - Fort Worth metroplex, beginning April 8, 2020. Data provided by Texas Health and Human Services.
