Dallas County is reporting 1,303 new cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday, along with another 30 deaths reported by the virus, including a pregnant woman in her 20s and a woman in her 30s who initially recovered from the coronavirus more than six months ago.
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As the state begins to distribute COVID-19 vaccines for Phases 1A and 1B, county health departments have started to make waiting lists for those who wish to be vaccinated.
You can now register to receive vaccinations in Collin, Dallas, Denton and Tarrant counties. The links are below:
Waiting list links: Collin – Research Waiting List | Dallas | Denton | Tarrant
You don’t have to be a county resident to register for a COVID-19 vaccine in that county – registration is open to anyone in Texas. For those without Internet access, Tarrant County is also accepting applications by calling 817-248-6299. In Dallas County, call the DCHHS vaccine hotline at 1-855-IMMUNE9 (1-855-466-8639). In Denton County, call 940-349-2585.
Of the cases notified on Tuesday, the county said 1,187 were confirmed cases and 116 were probable cases (antigen test), bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the county from March 2020 to 236,925 and the number of probable cases. (Antigen test) to 32,640. The total number of confirmed and probable cases in the municipality is now 269,565. In the past seven days of reporting, Dallas County officials have announced 8,183 new confirmed and probable cases of the virus to an average of 1,169 per day.
On Monday, the county reported fewer than 1,000 new cases in a day for the first time since December 4.
In both Dallas County and TSA-E, the trauma service area that spans northern Texas, COVID-19 hospitalizations have been declining for more than two weeks. The county reported 772 people hospitalized with the virus as of Monday, February 8. County emergency rooms attended 419 patients with symptoms of the virus on Monday – approximately 20% of all visits.
With the 30 deaths added on Tuesday, 2,482 deaths in the county have been attributed to the virus since March 2020. The latest announced victims included people aged 20 to 100 years.
- A pregnant woman in her 20s who lived in the city of Dallas. She was seriously ill in an area hospital and had underlying high-risk health conditions.
- A woman in her 30s who lived in the city of Dallas. She died in the emergency department of an area hospital and had underlying high-risk health conditions.
- A woman in her 30s who was a resident of the city of Irving and had a recent reinfection with COVID-19 after her initial recovery more than 6 months ago. She was seriously ill and had underlying high-risk health conditions.
- A man in his 40s who lived in the city of Dallas. He died in the emergency department of a hospital in the area and did not have underlying high-risk health conditions.
- A woman in her fifties who lived in the town of Irving. She was seriously ill in an area hospital and had underlying high-risk health conditions.
- A woman in her 50s who lived in the city of Dallas. She died at home.
- A man in his fifties who lived in a long-term institution in the city of Irving. He died at the facility and had no underlying high-risk health conditions.
- A man in his 60s who lived in the city of Garland. He was seriously ill in an area hospital and had underlying high-risk health conditions.
- A 60-year-old woman who lived in the city of Mesquite. She was seriously ill and had underlying high-risk health conditions.
- A 60-year-old man who lived in the city of Irving. He was hospitalized.
- A 60-year-old woman who lived in the city of Seagoville. She had been hospitalized and had underlying high-risk health conditions.
- A man in his 60s who lived in the town of Carrollton. He was seriously ill in an area hospital and had underlying high-risk health conditions.
- A 60-year-old man who was a prisoner at a correctional facility in the city of Dallas. He was seriously ill in an area hospital and had underlying high-risk health conditions.
- A 70-year-old man who lived in the city of Irving. He died at home.
- A 70-year-old woman who lived in the city of Grand Prairie. She died in an emergency department at an area hospital.
- A 70-year-old man who lived in the city of Dallas. He was seriously ill in an area hospital and had underlying high-risk health conditions.
- An 80-year-old woman who lived in the city of Coppell. She had been hospitalized and had underlying high-risk health conditions.
- A man in his 80s who lived in a long-term care facility in the city of Dallas. He died in the hospital and had underlying high-risk health conditions.
- An 80-year-old woman who lived in the city of Garland. She was seriously ill in an area hospital and had underlying high-risk health conditions.
- A man in his 80s who lived in a long-term institution in the city of Grand Prairie. He died in the hospital and had underlying high-risk health conditions.
- An 80-year-old man who lived in the city of Irving. He had been hospitalized and had underlying high-risk health conditions.
- A man in his 80s who lived in the city of Dallas. He was seriously ill in an area hospital and had underlying high-risk health conditions.
- A man in his 90s who lived in the city of Sachse. He died at home and had underlying high-risk health conditions.
- A 90-year-old woman who lived in a long-term institution in the city of Seagoville. She died at the clinic and had underlying high-risk health conditions.
- A 90-year-old man who lived in a long-term institution in the city of Desoto. He was seriously ill in an area hospital and had underlying high-risk health conditions.
- A man in his 90s who lived in the city of Dallas. He died in a facility.
- A 90-year-old woman who lived in the city of Dallas. She died at home.
- A man in his 100s who lived in the city of Mesquite. He died in a clinic and had underlying high-risk health conditions.
- A woman in her 100s who lived in a long-term institution in the city of Mesquite. She died at the clinic.
- A man in his 100s who lived in the city of Mesquite. He died in an emergency department at an area hospital and had underlying high-risk health conditions.
“Unfortunately, one of those deaths was of a young pregnant woman in her 20s and another was of a woman in her 30s who recovered from COVID more than six months ago, only to be recently infected with the virus,” said the judge. Clay Jenkins of Dallas County said. “We know that this will continue to be a difficult month in Dallas County, while we mourn our fellow residents who lost their lives because of this virus. Our actions and sacrifices today can and will make a difference, not just in the cases that we will see in a few weeks. , but in the hospitalizations and deaths that usually follow about a month later. “
COVID-19 VACCINE EFFORTS
In partnership with the state’s health department, Dallas County opened a large-scale vaccine center in Fair Park in January, where it planned to administer up to 2,000 vaccines per day for Phases 1A and 1B. The vaccination center does not accept visits and you must make an appointment to be vaccinated. Sign up for a consultation at the link below. The county is also planning to provide vaccines at two other locations where it can administer an additional 1,000 vaccines per day.
Last week, county officials said they planned to transition from the Fair Park hub to a drive-through model that can deliver up to 12,000 doses of the vaccine a day.
Jenkins said on Tuesday that the county had administered 40,009 first and second doses of the COVID-19 vaccine at the county’s Fair Park vaccine center since it opened on January 11. The county said it had received another 9,000 doses to be administered this week.
The judge reiterated that those who already received the first injection of the vaccine do not need to schedule the second dose – the date of the second consultation, according to him, is on the back of the vaccination card received in the first dose was administered.
“As individuals are vaccinated, it is critical that we do not let our guard down and continue using these personal protection measures until we achieve collective immunity to keep ourselves and our loved ones safe. After receiving the vaccine, you still need to wear your mask. , wash your hands, stay at least two meters away from others and avoid crowds, ”said Jenkins.
The vaccine is currently being administered only to those who are part of Phases 1A and 1B, as described by the Texas Department of Health Services. Those in Phase 1A are frontline health professionals or residents of long-term care facilities. Phase 1B includes those over 65 or those over 16 with a chronic medical condition that puts them at risk for serious illness.
The DSHS said on February 4 that they are still discussing when to expand the availability of the vaccine to group 1C and whether that group will include teachers or not.
Once vaccinated, people are expected to achieve some level of protection a few weeks after the first injection, but full protection may not happen until a few weeks after the second injection. Even when fully vaccinated, it is still possible to be infected by the virus, as the vaccine does not offer 100% protection.
The Texas DSHS reports that the vaccine will not be readily available to the general public until late spring or early summer 2021.
Texas COVID-19 vaccine distribution
Data from the Texas Department of Health Services show where the COVID-19 vaccines were sent across the state. Click on a marker to find information about each location. Use the “plus” and “minus” signs below to zoom in and out of the map.