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Rising coronavirus hospitalizations are just the tip of the iceberg, Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins says

The county reported 305 new cases of COVID-19 and one more death Monday.

Updated at 5:45 p.m.: Revised to include Ellis County.

Dallas County officials reported 305 more cases of the coronavirus Monday, the county’s sixth straight day of at least 300 new positive tests.

The county also reported that another resident has died from COVID-19, the disease caused by the virus: a Dallas man in his 60s who did not have underlying health problems.

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There have been 14,537 confirmed cases of the virus in Dallas County — about 5.5 for every 1,000 residents — and 285 county residents have died from it. The county does not release a number of recoveries from the illness.

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County Judge Clay Jenkins said in a written statement that hospitalizations for coronavirus symptoms have risen recently and that people should consider those cases as an indicator of deeper problems.

“Think of hospitalizations as that part of the iceberg that you can see that is above the water,” he said. “Below the water are all the people who are sick but that are not yet in the hospital. The iceberg below the water is obviously far greater than the iceberg above it and a small increase in hospitalizations indicates a larger increase in illness.”

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In addition to hospitalizations for the virus, health experts are focused on emergency-room visits and ICU admissions as key indicators for the spread of the disease.

The county would need to see two weeks of declines in those numbers before moving out of the strictest level of a color-coded chart providing guidance on how residents should go about everyday activities, Jenkins has said.

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Tarrant County

Officials in Tarrant County reported 164 new cases of COVID-19 on Monday.

The county has had 7,498 total cases — about 3.6 cases for every 1,000 residents — with 197 deaths and 3,170 recoveries. No new deaths were reported Monday.

According to the county’s data, 204 patients remain hospitalized. About 68% of the county’s hospital beds are occupied, and 32% of its ventilators are in use.

Denton County

Thirty-six more COVID-19 cases were reported Monday in Denton County.

That raises the county’s total to 1,772, or about two confirmed cases for every thousand residents. There have been 36 deaths from the virus, and 948 recoveries from it.

About 51% of the county’s hospital beds and 32% of its ICU beds are occupied, and 13% of its ventilators are in use.

Collin County

There are 20 more cases of the coronavirus in Collin County, according to data reported Monday by the Texas Department of State Health Services.

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The county has had 1,667 cases of the virus — about 1.6 per every thousand residents — and 37 deaths.

Nineteen residents at a Plano memory-care facility were hospitalized Monday after they showed symptoms of the virus.

Rockwall County

Rockwall County had not released updated coronavirus data by Monday evening.

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As of Sunday, the county had reported 235 cases, with 16 deaths and 172 recoveries.

Kaufman County

Kaufman County officials reported four new coronavirus cases Monday, raising the county’s total to 329.

The county has recorded two deaths from the virus, and 263 patients are presumed to have recovered.

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Ellis County

Officials in Ellis County reported 13 more coronavirus cases Monday, increasing the county’s total to 476.

Eighteen residents have died from COVID-19, and 344 have recovered from it.

Johnson County

Sixteen more cases of COVID-19 were reported in Johnson County over the weekend, officials said Monday.

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There’s been a total of 272 cases in the county. Four residents have died from the virus, and 184 patients have been released from isolation.

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