(WBAP/KLIF) — Almost 1,700 of the Lone Star State’s over 8,300 new cases of Coronavirus were found in the Metroplex.
Dallas county reported 789 new cases of COVID-19, Tuesday, Tarrant county 576, while Collin and Denton counties combined for 285 additional positive tests.
The mortality rate in the Metroplex is 1.3%, with Denton county boasting the lowest rate with a 0.8% fatality rate. Of the almost 5,800 deaths statewide, more than 1,100 have occurred in North Texas with almost 87,000 positive tests of COVID-19.
The Metroplex saw 1,650 news cases, Tuesday. Dallas county eclipsed 48,000 confirmed positives with 622 fatalities. Tarrant county reported over 26,000 cases and 349 deaths, Collin county sits exactly at 6,100 infected residents and 80 fatalities, while Denton county has more than 6,300 with 51 deaths
Statewide, there are over 394,000 case and nearly 5,900 dead Texans.
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Dallas county 48,028 cases (789 new), 622 deaths, 1.3% mortality rate
Tarrant county 26,315 cases (576 new), 349 deaths, 1.3% mortality rate
Denton county 6,331 cases (123 new), 51 deaths, 0.8% mortality rate
Collin county 6,100 cases (162 new), 80 deaths, 1.3% mortality rate
Metroplex 86,774 cases (1,650 new), 1,102 deaths, 1.3% mortality rate
Texas 394,265 cases (8,324 new), 5,877 deaths (164 new), 1.5% mortality rate
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