(WBAP/KLIF) — The Metroplex has nearly 581,000 cases of COVID-19. Dallas county’s over 1,400 newly confirmed cases raised the pandemic total to over 233,000. Tarrant county listed 1,394 new cases pushing the county close to 227,000 infected residents.
Collin county’s total increased to almost 64,500 cases following 279 newly confirmed positive tests, while Denton county’s 483 newly infected residents move the county’s pandemic total to over 56,000 cases. North Texas saw almost 3,600d new cases, Friday.
Texas is approaching 2.2 million coronavirus cases. Friday’s numbers show over 10,000 new cases and 401 deaths. Dallas county listed 42 additional deaths, Friday, elevating the county death toll to almost 2,400. Tarrant county also has close to 2,400 fatalities, while Collin county lists 618, and Denton county has lost 344 residents.
The mortality rate of the coronavirus in North Texas sits at 1%, with Ddenton county listing a 0.6% death rate. More than 38,000 Texans have lost their lives during the pandemic.
Listen to WBAP/KLIF reports:
Dallas county 233,353 positive tests (1,424 new), 2,397 deaths (42 new), 1% mortality rate
Tarrant county 226,793 positive tests (1,394 new), 2,387 deaths (0 new), 1% mortality rate
Collin county 64,433 positive tests (279 new), 618 deaths (0 new), 1% mortality rate
Denton county 56,303 positive tests (483 new), 344 deaths ( new), 0.6% mortality rate
Metroplex 580,882 positive tests (3,580 new), 5,746 deaths (42 new), 1% mortality rate
Texas 2,143,353 positive tests (10,410 new), 38,128 deaths (401 new), 1.8% mortality rate
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