Gov. Greg Abbott announces 44 new coronavirus testing sites at CVS locations across state, 16 in North Texas

Updated at 5:30 p.m.: Revised to include Collin, Denton and Ellis County coronavirus data

Testing for the novel coronavirus will soon be available at 44 CVS Pharmacy locations across the state, including 16 in North Texas, Gov. Greg Abbott announced Thursday.

The locations will offer self-swab testing to people who meet guidelines outlined by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, as well as certain age requirements. Appointments must be made in advance at CVS.com, and people can begin signing up Friday.

Patients who are being tested will stay in their cars and be given a test kit at the pharmacy drive-through window, as well as instructions for how to use the swab. Samples will be sent to an independent, third-party lab and results will be available in about three days.

“Texas continues to rapidly ramp up COVID-19 testing in our communities, and these new drive-thru testing sites provided by CVS Health will further expand access to these tests throughout the state,” Abbott said in a written statement.

CVS testing will be offered at these North Texas locations:

• 4100 State Highway 121, Carrollton
• 825 South Crowley Road, Crowley
• 3133 East Lemmon Avenue, Dallas
• 3614 Camp Bowie, Fort Worth
• 5401 Lebanon Road, Frisco
• 5702 Lavon Drive, Garland
• 4203 South Carrier Parkway, Grand Prairie
• 3701 Ira E. Woods Avenue, Grapevine
• 801 North Tarrant Parkway, Keller
• 2200 Matlock Road, Mansfield
• 1413 Oates Drive, Mesquite
• 8995 Stacy Road, McKinney
• 2100 Eldorado Parkway, McKinney
• 2101 West Spring Creek Parkway, Plano
• 605 West Campbell Road, Richardson
• 1301 North Saginaw, Saginaw

Dallas County

Dallas County reported 183 new positive cases of coronavirus and seven deaths Thursday, bringing the county’s death total to 203.

Three of the seven deaths were people associated with long-term care facilities, continuing a coronavirus trend that Dallas County has seen since it started tracking the pandemic.

One of the deaths reported Thursday was a woman in her 80s who lived at a long-term care facility in Mesquite. Two women in their 90s who lived at Dallas County long-term care facilities also died.

So far, more than a third of the county’s deaths have been connected with long-term care facilities.

A man in his 50s from Lancaster who had been hospitalized, a woman in her 50s from Dallas who had been critically ill in a hospital, a man in his 60s who was found in his Dallas home, and a Dallas man in his 80s who had been critically ill at a hospital were the other deaths.

The report of 183 new cases was the lowest one-day total in Dallas County since May 2, when the county reported 181 cases. Thursday’s total was also three positive cases fewer than Wednesday’s report.

“Today’s numbers continue a trend that we’re seeing this week of less positive cases," Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins said in a written statement. “We also recorded seven more deaths today, bringing our number of total deaths up to 203. Our hospital COVID-19 beds, ICU admissions and emergency room visits for COVID-19 symptoms have remained flat. This information does not change that the most important thing we can do to flatten the curve and get to a place where we can safely do more things and get our economy moving again is to make good personal responsibility decisions.”

Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson reported Thursday that 3,876 of the 5,706 beds available at 25 Dallas hospitals were filled — about 68%. In addition, 560 of the city’s 828 ICU beds were occupied and 317 of the city’s 944 total ventilators were in use.

Dallas County Health and Human Services reported Thursday that two-thirds of the county’s total hospitalizations because of the coronavirus have been people under the age of 65, about half of whom don’t have high-risk chronic conditions.

Tarrant County

Tarrant County Public Health reported seven coronavirus deaths Thursday, tying its single-day high for the second time this week. To date, the county has had a total of 139 coronavirus deaths.

According to county data, 67% of coronavirus deaths have been people 65 or older.

Tarrant County also reported 92 more coronavirus cases. There have been 4,803 coronavirus cases in the county, including 1,782 recoveries.

Tarrant County hospitals have 2,021 of their 5,767 beds available, or about 35%. About 32% — 210 — of the county’s 652 ventilators are in use.

Collin County

Collin County reported 28 new cases of coronavirus Thursday, bringing the county’s active case count to 333. There are 16 coronavirus patients hospitalized and an additional 317 that remain in home isolation.

In total, Collin County has had 1,118 coronavirus cases and 31 deaths. So far, 754 people have recovered, the county reported Thursday.

Collin County also added that there have been 14,945 negative COVID-19 tests.

Denton County

Denton County Public Health announced its 29th coronavirus death Thursday and 27 more cases.

The latest death was a woman in her 70s who had been hospitalized and a resident of Denton Rehabilitation Center.

“Please keep the family of this individual whose loss we are learning of today in your thoughts and prayers,” Denton County Judge Andy Eads said in a written statement. “We ask everyone to please consider maintaining the CDC recommendations for physical distancing.”

There has been a total of 1,188 coronavirus cases in Denton County, including 610 recoveries.

Ellis County

Ellis County announced Thursday that three more people had tested positive for coronavirus, but 30 others had recovered from the virus.

There’s been a total of 289 cases, including 240 recoveries. There have been 12 deaths.

Rockwall County

Rockwall County had not released new coronavirus numbers as of 8 p.m. Thursday.