Dallas County reports 7 COVID deaths, including two with no underlying health issues
Dallas County reported seven coronavirus deaths and 358 cases on Wednesday.
Of Wednesday’s cases, 207 are unreported cases from earlier in the pandemic, including 172 from August, 22 from July, 12 from June, and one from May. The cases from August, however, are not considered unreported cases from the Texas’ Department of State Health Services data reporting glitch, according to Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins.
Dallas County has confirmed 72,610 COVID-19 cases, including 926 deaths. The county is not reporting recoveries. The county reports 3,025 probable cases, including 10 probable deaths.
Wednesday’s seven pandemic-related deaths include two patients who did not have underlying health conditions. They include a Dallas man in his 50s and a Lancaster woman in her 70s. The others include a Dallas man and woman in their 60s, a Dallas woman in her 70s who was a resident of a long-term care facility, a Richardson man in his 80s, and a DeSoto woman in her 90s.
