8 new deaths from the El Paso virus – including a man in his 30s, almost 500 other infections

EL PASO, Texas – El Paso health officials reported eight new coronavirus deaths, including a man in his 30s on Saturday morning and 493 cases added.

The latest fatalities included:

• 1 man in his 30s
• 1 man in his 50s
• 1 woman in her 60s
• 1 man in his 60s
• 1 man in his 70s
• 1 woman in her 80s
• 1 man in his 80s
• 1 man in his 90s

The number of active infections among El Pasoans was 35,473 on Saturday. The total number of cases reported since the beginning of the pandemic is 113,145.

As of Saturday morning, there were 427 patients in El Paso hospitals being treated for Covid-related illnesses, including 166 in intensive care and 97 in ventilators.

Health officials have listed 75,398 residents of El Paso County as having recovered from Covid-19 so far, which is 66.6 percent, although doctors advise that some of those recovered individuals will continue to experience health consequences from long term as a result of being infected.

Complete data from the El Paso health department on the virus can be found online at EPStrong.org.