Dallas County records new single-day high of 561 coronavirus cases, 7 deaths

Dallas County closed the last full week of June with 561 new COVID-19 cases reported on Saturday, a new daily record. There were seven deaths.

The county set a single-day high two other times this week, with 496 cases reported on Friday and 454 reported on Monday.

The latest victims include an Irving man in his 40s, two Dallas men in their 50s, a Dallas man in his 70s and a Farmers Branch woman in her 70s. Two of the victims were residents of long-term care facilities: a Seagoville woman in her 90s and an Irving man in his 80s.

The county has now had 19,595 cases of the virus, or about 7.4 cases for every 1,000 residents, and 351 deaths. It does not report the number of recoveries.

The county said 571 people were hospitalized with COVID-19 Friday, up nearly 40 patients from the previous day. Emergency room visits were also up from Thursday, with 694 people visiting emergency rooms for novel coronavirus symptoms, making up 29% of all ER visits in the county.

Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins said the trend of increasing cases and hospitalizations indicated a need for Gov. Greg Abbott to implement restrictions on businesses similar to those that were in place during earlier periods of the outbreak.

“I am calling on the Governor to enact a statewide or at least regional masking law, reinstitute ‘Safer at Home’ for a period of 30 days, and close certain indoor businesses where masks cannot be worn 100 percent of the time,” he said in a written statement.

“Further, in-restaurant dining should be discouraged,” the statement said. “If you must eat at a restaurant, please eat on the patio, but health professionals recommend take out or delivery services during this time of the surge. It is imperative that we all wear our masks outside of our homes and around other people. It’s up to all of us to flatten the curve.”

Tarrant County

Tarrant County reported 377 new cases Saturday, as well as two more deaths.

The most recent deaths were of a Haltom City man in his 30s and a Saginaw man in his 50s.

The county has now had 11,083 cases of the virus — about 5.3 for every 1,000 residents — 224 deaths and 5,012 recoveries.

Collin County

Collin County reported 139 new cases Saturday, as well as one death.

The most recent death was of a 91-year-old woman who was a resident of a long-term-care facility in Plano.

The county has now had 2,671 cases of the virus — about 2.6 for every 1,000 residents — as well as 42 deaths. According to the county’s data, 551 cases are active, and 120 people are hospitalized.

Denton County

Forty-nine new COVID-19 cases were reported in Denton County Saturday, bringing the county’s total case count to 2,630.

With the new cases, Denton County now has about 3 cases per 1,000 residents. There have been 37 deaths in the county and 1,120 recoveries, according to the county’s data.

Other Counties

Reporting for Ellis, Johnson, Kaufman and Rockwall counties has been taken over by the Texas Department of State Health Services.

• Rockwall County had 367 positive cases as of Friday, according to the county website.
• Kaufman County had 518 cases of COVID-19 as of Saturday, according to the state’s data. The county said on its website that it will no longer have information about individual cases.
• Ellis County had 711 cases as of Saturday, according to the state’s data. No information was available about individual cases.
• Johnson County had 372 cases as of Saturday, according to state data. Information about individual cases was not available.