(WBAP/KLIF) — Almost a quarter of the Coronavirus cases in Texas are in the Metroplex. North Texas is nearing 77,000 cases of COVID-19 with 952 fatalities. Dallas county has over 43,000 cases with 537 deaths.
Tarrant county is approaching 23,000 infections and 304 fatalities. Collin county reports more than 5,600 Coronavirus cases with 66 residents dying.
Denton county just surpassed 5,300 infected residents with 45 fatalities. Statewide, there are nearly 342,000 positive tests and over 4,100.
North Texas experienced 12 additional COVID-19 deaths, Tuesday, while reporting close to another 18-hundred new cases. Dallas county indicated they tested 734 residents that came back positive for the Coronavirus, while 11 residents died.
Tarrant county reported 663 new cases, Denton county 218 additional positive tests, and Collin county listed 158 new infections and one fatality. The Lone Star State as a whole reported over 9,300 new cases and 131 deaths, the second deadliest of the pandemic.
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Dallas county 43,026 cases (734 new), deaths 537 (11 new), 1.2% mortality rate
Tarrant county 22,665 cases (663 new), 304 deaths, 1.3% mortality rate
Denton county 5,316 cases (218 new), 45 deaths, 0.8% mortality rate
Collin county 5,614 cases (158 new), 66 deaths (1 new), 1.2% mortality rate
Metroplex 76,621 cases (1,773 new), 952 deaths (12 new), 1.2% mortality rate
Texas 341,739 cases (9,305 new), 4,151 deaths (131 new), 1.2% mortality rate
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