WACO, Texas (KWTX) – COVID-19 claimed the lives of six more McLennan County residents, the Waco-McLennan County Health District announced on Saturday afternoon.
The six deaths include a 69-year-old African American woman, a 74-year-old white man, a 69-year-old white woman, an 82-year-old white woman, a 66-year-old white man and a 55-year-old white woman.
The loss of these six individuals brings the total deaths due to COVID-19 to 308 in McLennan County.
123 new cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed by Saturday.
The county reported an estimated 1,346 active cases of the virus on Saturday and 18,940 patients who recovered.
146 patients were hospitalized on Saturday and 20 are on ventilators.
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