Dallas County reports fewer new coronavirus cases at 399, plus 5 deaths
Dallas County reported 399 new coronavirus cases and five deaths on Wednesday.
Forty-four of the new cases were unreported from the Texas Department of State Health Services, including 26 in May, 16 in April and two in June.
The county has confirmed 66,464 COVID-19 cases overall, including 843 deaths. The county does not report recoveries.
Officials are reporting 2,530 probable cases, including eight probable deaths.
The five pandemic-related deaths Wednesday include one probable death.
The deaths are of DeSoto women in their 40s, 70s and 80s and Dallas men in their 70s and 80s who did not have underlying health conditions.
Wednesday’s new cases are the fewest since Aug. 12 and fifth fewest in August.
“The overall trend is a gradual decline, and if we maintain our community resolve to wear masks, maintain six-foot distancing, use good hand hygiene, and forgo unnecessary trips and any activities around people who are not wearing a mask one hundred percent of the time, we will continue to see the numbers improve, less people get sick, more businesses stay open, more activities become permissible and our kids getting back to school sooner rather than later,” Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins said in a release and on social media.
This story was originally published August 19, 2020 at 4:33 PM.
