(WBAP/KLIF) — The number of COVID-19 deaths continues to drop across Texas. The North Texas Coronavirus death toll sits at more than 1,900, while statewide there have been nearly 15,500 fatalities. Dallas county reports 1,017, Tarrant county 653, Collin 145, and Denton county 109.
Texas officials say over 733,000 positive tests have occurred in the lone star state with a mortality rate of 2.1%. The DFW area has a 1.2% fatality rate.
The Metroplex had just 434 new positive COVID-19 tests, Saturday. Dallas county issued 95 newly confirmed positives, Tarrant county 262, Collin 42, and Denton county 35.
Denton is the only county reporting whether positive tests are new cases or taken from active cases. 32 of their 35 positive tests are from active cases.
With no distinguishing factor to separate duplicate positives from the same patient, Dallas county has nearly 81,000 positives, Tarrant county over 49,000, Collin county over 13,500, while Denton reports nearly 12,000 positive tests.
Texas had nearly 3,300 positive tests, Saturday.
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Dallas county 80,978 positive tests (95 new), 1,017 deaths, 1.3% mortality rate
Tarrant county 49,159 positive tests (262 new), 653 deaths, 1.3% mortality rate
Denton county 11,985 positive tests (35 new – 32 active), 109 deaths, 0.9% mortality rate
Collin county 13,513 positive tests (42 new), 145 deaths, 1.1% mortality rate
Metroplex 155,635 positive tests (434 new), 1,924 deaths, 1.2% mortality rate
Texas 733,438 positive tests (3,283 new), 15,485 deaths (121 new), 2.1% mortality rate
