Dallas judge urges socially distanced Labor Day in wake of 8 COVID deaths, 250 cases
Dallas County reported 250 coronavirus cases and eight deaths on Thursday.
Of those cases, 122 were unreported from earlier in the pandemic, including 121 from August and one from July.
Texas’ Department of State Health Services discovered an error in its data reporting system and has worked to report those cases since early August.
The latest COVID-19 deaths include three men in their 50s, a man and woman in their 60s, a woman in her 70s, and a man and woman in their 80s. Four of the patients were residents of long-term care facilities.
Four of the deaths were in Dallas, two in Garland and one each in Duncanville and Lancaster.
Dallas County has confirmed 72,860 COVID-19 cases, including 934 deaths. The county does not report recoveries.
Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins urged residents to continue social distancing practices through the Labor Day weekend. North Texas saw a spike in cases after Memorial Day in May.
“In order to continue seeing the sort of gains that will get less people sick, get more businesses thriving, and more school children back in the classroom, we need to make smart decisions this Labor Day weekend,” Jenkins said in a release and on social media. “As you celebrate Labor Day, please do it responsibly. That means wearing a mask 100% of the time when around people outside your household and maintaining six foot distancing.”
