(WBAP/KLIF) — Almost 15,000 Texans have died due to COVID-19 after another 77 fatalities occurred Tuesday. Two of those deaths were in Denton county, bringing the Denton death toll to 109. Dallas county has 1,000 Coronavirus deaths, Tarrant county 636, and Collin county 138.
Texas has a total of over 716,000 positive results out of nearly 5.7 million tests. The mortality rate in the Metroplex is 1.2%, while statewide it’s 2.1%. The Metroplex reported a total of 618 additional positive tests for Coronavirus, Tuesday. Dallas county listed 172 newly confirmed positive tests, Tarrant ocunty 302 additional positives, Collin county 49, while Denton county had 95. 64 of the 95 positive results in Denton county came from active cases.
In all, North Texas has hit nearly 151,000 confirmed positive tests, with over 78,000 in Dallas county. Tarrant county lists almost 48,000, Collin over 13,000, and Denton close to 12,000.
Listen to WBAP/KLIF report:
[dallas county 78,377 cases (172 new), 1,000 deaths, 1.3% mortality rate
tarrant county 47,533 cases (302 new), 636 deaths, 1.4% mortality rate
denton county 11,702 cases (95 new – 64 active), 109 deaths, 0.9% mortality rate
collin county 13,060 cases (49 new), 138 deaths, 1.1% mortality rate
metroplex 150,672 cases (618 new), 1,883 deaths, 1.2% mortality rate
texas 716,207 cases (3,964 new), 14,994 deaths (77 new), 2.1% mortality rate
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