(WBAP/KLIF) — Positive test results for the Coronavirus in the Metroplex hit nearly 900, Thursday. Dallas county reported 219 new cases, Tarrant county 247, Collin county 215, and Denton 201. Denton county also reported 2 additional deaths due to the virus.
Statewide, over 5,000 new infections were listed, Thursday. Texas is approaching 600,000 positive tests for COVID-19 with over 12,000 deaths. In all, the Metroplex lists more than 131-thousand confirmed case tests with over 16-hundred deaths.
Dallas county leads North Texas with over 70,000 positive tests conducted, while Tarrant county health leaders indicate nearly 41,000 confirmed Coronavirus positives. Denton county’s total case count is over 9,700, while Collin county reports nearly 11,000 positive tests.
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Dallas county 70,100 cases (219 new), 895 deaths, 1.3% mortality rate
Tarrant county 40,777 cases (247 new), 532 deaths, 1.3% mortality rate
Denton county 9,745 cases (201 new), 100 deaths (2 new), 1% mortality rate
Collin county 10,785 cases (215 new), 108 deaths, 1% mortality rate
Metroplex 131,407 cases (882 new), 1,635 deaths, 1.2% mortality rate
Texas 597,737 cases (5,059 new), 12,070 deaths (265 new), 2% mortality rate
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