(WBAP/KLIF) — The state of Texas is nearing 1.4 million cases of COVID-19 as a second vaccine is about to be shipped. The Texas death toll is closing in on 25,000. North Texas is just one death shy of 3,000 lives taken by the pandemic.
Dallas county has over 1,400 fatalities, Tarrant county almost 1,100, while Collin and Denton counties combine for over 500 deaths. The Metroplex eclipsed 350,000 positive tests of the Coronavirus after almost 5,000 additional cases were discovered, Friday. Dallas county listed over 2,200 cases for over 152,000 total infections. Tarrant county had just over 2,000 new cases for an overall total of more than 128,000 confirmed cases.
Denton reported 702 new cases for nearly 34,000 total positives, while Collin county had 661 news cases for over 35,000 Coronavirus infections.
Texas saw an additional 12,000 cases and 294 deaths with a mortality rate of 1.8%.
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Dallas county 152,477 positive tests (2,248 new), 1,423 deaths (10 new), 0.9% mortality rate
Tarrant county 128,261 positive tests (2,016 new), 1,071 deaths, 0.8% mortality rate
Collin county 35,482 positive tests (661 new), 322 deaths ( new), 0.9% mortality rate
Denton county 33,822 positive tests (702 new), 183 deaths (3 new), 0.5% mortality rate
Metroplex 350,042 positive tests (5,627 new), 2,999 deaths (13 new), 0.9% mortality rate
Texas 1,384,476 positive tests (12,192 new), 24,954 deaths (294 new), 1.8% mortality rate
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