Dallas County reports 1,858 coronavirus cases, 22 deaths; Tarrant County’s 29 new deaths include a baby

Updated at 17:15: Revised to include data from Denton County.

Dallas County reported 1,858 new cases of coronavirus on Tuesday, as well as an additional 22 deaths from COVID-19. In Tarrant County, a child was among the 29 victims reported on Tuesday.

Dallas County’s latest victims included six Dallas residents, all with underlying health problems: two women in their 50s, a man and a woman in their 60s, a man in their 80s and a woman in their 80s who lived in a long term care facility.

Four Lancaster residents also died: a woman in her 60s and two men and a woman in her 70s. They all had latent health problems.

Three residents of Duncanville, all with underlying health problems, were among the dead: a woman in her 60s, a man in her 70s and a man in her 80s.

Two residents of Garland – a man in his 50s and another in his 60s – and two residents of Mesquite – a man in his 60s and a woman in his 80s – also died.

The remaining victims were a Cedar Hill man in his 40s, a Carrollton woman in her 50s who died in a long-term care facility, a Cockrell Hill man in her 60s, a Sunnyvale woman in her 90s and a Richardson man in his 90s who died in a long-term care facility. The authorities said that all but one had latent health problems.

Of the new cases, 1,497 were confirmed and 361 were likely.

The new reported cases bring the county total to 250,376 – 221,012 confirmed cases and 29,364 probable cases. The death toll is 2,052.

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 that ended on Monday, 1,133 patients with COVID-19 were in intensive care at hospitals in the municipality. During the same period, 453 ER visits were for symptoms of the disease, making up about 21% of all ER visits in the municipality.

The county said in a press release that, although hospitalization numbers dropped slightly, the UT Southwestern Medical Center forecast indicated that the county could reach 1,600 hospitalizations on February 5.

“The capacity of the ICU remains under heavy pressure and hospitals are still operating under an increase plan,” the county said in a statement.

According to state data, 117,520 people in Dallas County received at least one dose of the coronavirus vaccine, while 22,290 are fully vaccinated.

Texas

Across the state, an additional 26,274 cases were reported on Tuesday – 25,464 new cases and 810 older cases that were recently reported by laboratories.

The state also recorded 307 COVID-19 deaths, increasing its number to 34,701.

Of the new cases, 21,813 were confirmed and 3,651 were probable. Of the oldest cases, 665 were confirmed and 145 were likely.

The new notified cases raise the state total to 2,273,119 – 1,988,063 confirmed cases and 285,056 probable cases.

There are 12,851 COVID-19 patients in Texas hospitals, including 3,585 in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. On Monday, 21.8% of patients in the region of the hospital that covers the Dallas-Fort Worth area were patients with COVID-19 – above the 15% limit the state used to define high hospitalizations.

The seven-day average positivity rate across the state for molecular testing, based on the date of collection of the test sample, was 14.4% on Monday. For antigen tests, the positivity rate for the same period was 8.3%. A molecular test is considered more accurate and is sometimes also called a PCR test; an antigen test is also called a rapid test. Governor Greg Abbott said a positivity rate above 10% is a cause for concern.

According to state data, 1,571,093 people in Texas received at least one dose of the coronavirus vaccine, while 297,503 are fully vaccinated.

Tarrant County

Tarrant County reported 1,524 cases of coronavirus and 29 deaths on Tuesday.

The county reported on Tuesday its youngest victim so far: a Fort Worth boy under the age of 10. County officials did not provide further details about the boy, including his age and whether he had any health problems, but a spokeswoman for the Cook Children’s Medical Center said the child was less than 1 year old.

Seven other Fort Worth residents were among the victims: a man in his 30s, a man in his 50s, a woman and three men in his 60s and a man in his 70s.

Also among the victims were 10 Arlington residents: one man in his 40s, three men in his 60s, two men and two women in his 70s and two women in his 80s. Four North Richland Hills residents also died: two men in their 60s, a man in their 70s and a woman in their 80s.

The remaining victims were two Bedford residents, a man in his 60s and a woman over 90; two Watauga residents, a woman in her 60s and a man in her 70s; a Keller man in his 70s; a saginaw man in his 60s; and a Westworth Village man in his fifties.

Twenty-six of the victims reported on Tuesday had latent health problems. One does not, and it is not known whether the other two did.

Of the new cases, 1,072 were confirmed and 452 were likely.

New reported cases bring the county total to 209,849 – 181,207 confirmed cases and 28,642 probable cases. The death toll is 2,101.

According to the city, 1,295 people were hospitalized with the virus until Monday.

According to state data, 90,645 people in Tarrant County received at least one dose of a coronavirus vaccine, while 9,451 are fully vaccinated.

Collin County

The state added 461 cases of coronavirus and six deaths to the total for Collin County on Tuesday.

No details about the latest victims were available.

Of the new cases, 167 were confirmed and 294 were likely.

The new reported cases bring the county total to 69,404 – 59,705 confirmed cases and 9,699 probable cases. The death toll is 539.

According to the municipality, 493 people are hospitalized with the virus.

According to state data, 43,645 people in Collin County received at least one dose of a coronavirus vaccine, while 9,330 are fully vaccinated.

Denton County

Denton County reported 774 cases of coronavirus and 14 deaths on Tuesday.

Eight of the victims lived in Denton: two men in their 50s and four men and two women over 80. Three of the men over 80 and one of the women were residents of Denton Anthology, and the other woman was a resident at the Brinker Denton Elderly Care Center.

The other victims were a Carrollton man in his 60s, a Frisco man in his 70s who lived in Prairie Estates, a Little Elm man in his 70s, a woman from Plano over 80 who lived in Prestonwood Court and two men in their 70s who lived in unincorporated Denton County.

The new notified cases bring the county total to 51,212 – 40,861 confirmed cases and 10,351 probable cases. The death toll is 308.

According to the municipality, 180 people are hospitalized with the virus.

State data show that 24,229 people in Denton County have received at least one dose of a coronavirus vaccine and that 5,039 are fully vaccinated.

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: 9,018 cases (7,542 confirmed and 1,476 likely), 89 deaths.
• Kaufman County: 12,624 cases (10,987 confirmed and 1,637 probable), 173 deaths.
• Ellis County: 18,046 cases (15,893 confirmed and 2,153 probable), 223 deaths.
• Johnson County: 15,901 cases (14,112 confirmed and 1,789 probable), 243 deaths.