(WBAP/KLIF) — The Independence Day Holiday brought almost 1,300 new positive cases of Coronavirus to North Texas. Dallas county reported just over 1,100 new cases and 2 additional deaths, bringing the total case count to near 25,000 with 395 fatalities.
Denton county reported 95 newly confirmed cases, pushing the county total to nearly 3,300 with 37 deaths. Collin county listed 88 new 4th of July cases of the virus for over 3,400 infected and 46 deaths. Texas reports nearly 192-thousand cases with more than 2,600 fatalities.
The Metroplex is approaching 45,000 cases of the Coronavirus. However, the North Texas COVID-19 mortality rate is dropping. With 395 deaths, Dallas county’s mortality rate is nearing 1.6%. Collin county has 46 fatalities which equates to a 1.3% mortality rate. Denton county boasts the lowest death rate due to COVID-19 at 1.1%
As of Friday, Tarrant county had over 13,000 cases and a 1.7% mortality rate. The total death count for the Metroplex is 711.
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Dallas county 24,788 cases (1,103 new), 395 (2 new) deaths, 1.6% mortality rate
**Tarrant county 13,423 cases ( new), 233 deaths, 1.7% mortality rate
Denton county 3,279 cases (95 new), 37 deaths, 1.1% mortality rate
Collin county 3,409 cases (88 new), 46 deaths, 1.3% mortality rate
Metroplex 44,899 cases (1,286 new), 711 deaths 1.6% mortality rate
Texas 191,790 cases, 2,608 deaths, 1.4% mortality rate
** = Friday COVID-19 numbers
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