Dallas County reports 2,590 cases of coronavirus, 20 deaths; state breaks records of deaths, hospitalizations

Updated at 18h: Revised to include data from Tarrant County.

Dallas County reported an additional 2,590 cases of coronavirus and 20 deaths on Thursday, as COVID-19 hospitalizations in the county once again reached a record high.

Across the state, hospitalizations reached a new record of 13,784, continuing a steady increase in months, and authorities reported a single-day record of 393 deaths from the virus.

Ten of the last victims in Dallas County were Dallas residents: a man in his 30s, a man in his 40s, a man and a woman in her 50s, two women in her 60s, a man in her 60s 70 and a man and two women in their 80s. Two of them – men in their 30s and 50s – did not have underlying high-risk health conditions, and two others – the woman in her 50s and the man in her 70s – lived in long-term care facilities.

Five of the victims lived in Mesquite: a woman in her 40s, two men in her 60s, a man in her 70s and a man in her 80s. All five had underlying health problems.

The other victims were a Balch Springs man in his 60s, a DeSoto woman in his 70s, a Farmers Branch man in his 70s, a Garland man in his 60s and a Seagoville woman in her 70s. All but Garland’s man had latent health problems.

County Judge Clay Jenkins said in a written statement that the death of the Dallas man in his 30s was “a grim reminder that COVID can reach everyone”.

Jenkins also noted the latest coronavirus modeling at UT Southwestern Medical Center, which projects about 3,500 new cases daily by January 19, as well as 1,150 to 1,870 hospitalizations at the time.

But if residents take precautions against the spread of the virus and avoid non-essential activities, he said, “we will begin to see the benefits of people who have been vaccinated so far, both in the ability of our health care heroes to work and not get sick with COVID. and with our most at risk residents being protected from COVID. “

Of the new cases notified Thursday, 2,207 are confirmed and 383 are likely. New reported cases bring the county’s total confirmed cases to 186,181 and probable cases to 23,211. The county recorded 1,735 deaths from COVID-19.

Health officials use hospitalizations, intensive care admissions and visits to emergency rooms as key indicators to track the real-time impact of COVID-19 in the county. In the 24-hour period ended on Wednesday, a record 1,166 patients with COVID-19 were in intensive care at hospitals in the municipality. During the same period, 592 visits to the emergency room were for symptoms of the disease.

State data

Across the state, an additional 24,578 cases and 393 deaths from COVID-19 were reported Thursday, including 23,918 new cases and 660 older cases that were recently reported by laboratories. Texas has already reported 1,891,741 total cases and 28,938 deaths.

Of the new cases, 19,598 were confirmed and 4,320 were likely. The state reported 1,666,487 confirmed cases and 225,254 probable cases.

Also on Thursday, health officials said the state’s first case of a more contagious coronavirus variant, which is believed to have originated in the UK, was reported in Harris County. The patient had no known travel history, so authorities believe the strain is already circulating in the state.

There are 13,784 patients with COVID-19 in Texas hospitals – the highest number ever – including 4,058 in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.

The seven-day average positivity rate across the state for molecular testing, based on the date of collection of the test sample, was 20.7% on Wednesday. State health officials said using data based on when people were tested provides the most accurate rate of positivity.

For antigen tests, the positivity rate for the same period was 12.4%.

Tarrant County

Tarrant County reported 2,444 cases of coronavirus and 15 deaths on Thursday.

Seven of the last victims were residents of Fort Worth: a man in his 30s, a man in his 40s, a man in his 60s, three men in his 70s and a woman in her 90s.

The other victims were two Arlington residents, a man in his 60s and a woman in his 70s; two North Richland Hills residents, a woman in her 80s and a man in her 90s; a Bedford woman in her 80s; a Crowley woman in her 70s; an Euless man in his 70s; and a Keller man in his 60s.

Thirteen of the victims had underlying health problems, officials said.

The new reported cases bring the county total to 167,732, including 144,103 confirmed cases, 21,185 probable cases and 120,658 recoveries. The death toll is 1,576.

According to Thursday’s figures on the county panel, a record 1,528 people were hospitalized with the virus.

Collin County

The state added 892 cases of coronavirus and nine new deaths from COVID-19 to the total for Collin County on Thursday. The county has already registered 54,623 cases and a death toll of 397.

No details on the latest victims were available.

Of the new cases, 637 were confirmed and 255 were likely. Collin County recorded 48,488 confirmed cases and 6,135 probable cases. According to state data, the municipality recorded 42,829 recoveries.

The county coronavirus panel provides only the total number of hospitalizations, now at 551.

Denton County

Denton County reported 690 cases of coronavirus – 669 of which are active – and four new deaths on Thursday.

The latest victims were two Lewisville men in their 40s and 80s, a Corinthian man in his 80s and a Denton man in his 80s who lived at the Carriage House Assisted Living.

The new reported cases bring the county total to 42,095, including 13,342 who are active and 28,525 who are in recovery. They also increase the total molecular cases to 34,382 and the antigen cases to 7,713.

The death toll in the county is 228.

There is a record 225 patients with COVID-19 hospitalized, reports the county.

Other counties

The Texas Department of Health Services has taken over the reports for these other northern Texas counties. In some counties, new data may not be reported every day.

The last numbers are:

• Rockwall County: 7,300 cases (6,130 confirmed and 1,170 probable), 59 deaths.
• Kaufman County: 10,300 cases (9,018 confirmed and 1,282 probable), 134 deaths.
• Ellis County: 14,578 cases (12,873 confirmed and 1,705 probable), 180 deaths.
• Johnson County: 12,350 cases (10,984 confirmed and 1,366 likely), 174 deaths.

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