(WBAP/KLIF) — North Texas reported more than a thousand new cases of COVID-19, Thursday, bringing the area total to 99,616. Tarrant county had 464 additional positive tests, while Dallas county reported 230, Collin county 222, and Denton county showed 117 newly infected residents.
That brings Dallas county to almost 53,000 total cases, with Tarrant county topping 32,000 infections. Denton county has close to 7,400 positives and Collin county almost 7,100.
The DFW area also reported 13 new deaths due to the virus, pushing the overall death toll to nearly 13-hundred. Dallas county lost 10 additional residents to COVID-19, bringing the county’s total to 736. Tarrant county has 411 total fatalities, Collin county 87 (2 additional Thursday), and Denton county 57 coronavirus deaths (1 additional Thursday).
The mortality rate for the Metroplex remains at 1.3%. statewide, there are over 467,000 cases and over 7,800.
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Dallas county 52,869 cases (230 new), 736 deaths (10 new), 1.4% mortality rate
Tarrant county 32,299 cases (464 new), 411 deaths, 1.3% mortality rate
Denton county 7,374 cases (117 new), 57 deaths (1 new), 0.8% mortality rate
Collin county 7,074 cases (222 new), 87 deaths (2 new), 1.2% mortality rate
Metroplex 99,616 cases (1,033 new), 1,291 deaths (13 new), 1.3% mortality rate
Texas 467,485 cases (7,598 new), 7,803 deaths (306 new), 1.7% mortality rate
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