(WBAP/KLIF) — The Metroplex saw another day of over a thousand new cases of COVID-19. The new hot spot for the Coronavirus seems to be Tarrant county, where 517 new positive tests were confirmed, Thursday. that brought the state’s third largest county to over 10,300 cases.
Dallas county reported another 403 infected residents for over 18,500 cases in all. Collin & Denton counties combined for 114 new COVID-19 cases, putting each county just under 2,500. North Texas reports almost 34,000 of the state’s 132,000 plus cases.
North Texas lost another 10 residents to the pandemic, Thursday. Dallas county reports 6 new fatalities, while Tarrant county had three, and Collin county one. Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins is concerned about hospital beds as the number of beds being used has jumped 88% in just 24 days.
In all, the Metroplex has experienced 629 deaths due to COVID-19, while the falling mortality rate is now at 1.9%. The statewide death rate has lowered to 1.7%.
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Dallas county 18,538 cases (403 new), 334 deaths (6 new), 1.8% fatality rate
Tarrant county 10,363 cases (517 new), 218 deaths (3 new), 2.1% fatality rate
Denton county 2,494 cases (77 new), 37 deaths, 1.5% fatality rate
Collin county 2,486 cases (37 new), 40 deaths (1 new), 1.6% fatality rate
Metroplex 33,881 cases (1,034 new), 629 deaths 1.9% fatality rate
Texas 131,917 cases, 2,296 deaths, 1.7% fatality rate
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