(WBAP/KLIF) — The Coronavirus pandemic continues to loosen its grip on the Lone Star State, as Thursday’s positive test numbers hit below 3,900. Dallas county reported 143 new positive test results, Tarrant county listed 301, Collin county 100 newly found positives, and Denton county had 91.
62 of Denton county’s positive tests came from active cases of COVID-19. In all, Denton county’s total positive tests is nearing 12,000, Dallas county almost 80,000, Tarrant over 48,000, and Collin county in excess of 13,000 positives.
The Metroplex hit more than 153,000 positive tests for COVID-19, Thursday, while reporting almost 1,900 total virus related deaths. Texas health officials have conducted nearly 5.9 million tests with nearly 724,000 have been positive, while, over 15,000 Texans have died of Coronavirus complications.
Dallas county reports 1,005 deaths, Tarrant county 643, Collin county 141, and Denton 109 fatalities. The DFW mortality rate is 1.2%.
Listen WBAP/KLIF report:
Dallas county 79,426 cases (143 new), 1,005 deaths, 1.3% mortality rate
Tarrant county 48,504 cases (301 new), 643 deaths, 1.3% mortality rate
Denton county 11,861 cases (91 new – 62 active), 109 deaths, 0.9% mortality rate
Collin county 13,310 cases (100 new), 141 deaths, 1.1% mortality rate
Metroplex 153,101 cases (635 new), 1,898 deaths, 1.2% mortality rate
Texas 723,919 cases (3,840 new), 15,267 deaths (138 new), 2.1% mortality rate
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