(WBAP/KLIF) — The Metroplex experienced an uptick of almost 1,600 new Coronavirus cases, Wednesday. Tarrant county led the way in newly confirmed positive tests of Coronavirus with 641. Dallas county issued 624 new positives, Collin county 132, and Denton county 156 new cases.
North Texas as a whole is approaching 195,000 positive Coronavirus tests with over 2,100 deaths. the mortality rate sits at 1.1%. Statewide, just under 980,000 tests have come back positive with close to 18,000 fatalities.
The Lone Star state saw another 105 residents taken to their graves by COVID-19, Wednesda, bringing the state’s death toll to 17,700.
The good news, if any, is that the mortality rate continues to inch down as 1.1% of North Texans who catch COVID-19, die of the disease.
Dallas county lists 1,085 casualties of the Coronavirus pandemic, Tarrant county has 703 deaths, Collin county 180, and Denton county 127 deaths.
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Dallas county 94,837 positive tests (624 new), 1,104 deaths, 1.2% mortality rate
Tarrant county 65,368 positive tests (641 new), 728 deaths, 1.1% mortality rate
Collin county 18,015 positive tests (132 new), 180 deaths, 1% mortality rate
Denton county 16,592 positive tests (156 new), 127 deaths, 0.8% mortality rate
Metroplex 194,812 positive tests (1,553 new), 2,139 deaths, 1.1% mortality rate
Texas 979,994 positive tests (5,175 new), 17,700 deaths (105 new), 1.8% mortality rate
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