COVID-19 Cases Increase, But Mortality Rate Decreases

(WBAP/KLIF) — The Dallas-Fort Worth area continues to add large numbers of coronavirus cases to the overall infection total. Dallas county reported another nearly 1,700 coronavirus positive tests, Saturday, while Tarrant county listed over 1,300 and Denton county had 389. That brought the metroplex total to nearly 296-thousand cases since the pandemic began.

However, the mortality rate continues to drop, meaning less people are dying of the virus. Currently, Dallas county’s fatality rate is 0.9%, Tarrant county’s is 0.8%, and Denton county’s is 0.6%. In comparison, the 2002 SARS outbreak had a mortality rate of near 10%, while the Bird Flu in 2013 had nearly a 40% death rate.

The Lone Star State reported almost 12,000 new cases of COVID-19, Saturday, of which almost 3,400 were in North Texas. Texas health officials indicate that over 1.2 million positive tests of the Coronavirus have been found among the state’s 29-million residents.

Over 22,500 Texans have died of complications from COVID-19. More than 1,200 Dallas residents have lost their lives, while 872 fatalities have occurred in Tarrant county. Collin county has 277 deaths and Denton county 158.

Listen to WBAP/KLIF report:

Dallas county 132,890 positive tests (1,675 new), 1,232 deaths, 0.9% mortality rate

Tarrant county 108,480 positive tests (1,302 new), 872 deaths, 0.8% mortality rate

Collin county 28,547 positive tests, 277 deaths, 1% mortality rate

Denton county 26,034 positive tests (389 new), 158 deaths, 0.6% mortality rate

Metroplex 295,951 positive tests (3,366 new), 2,539 deaths, 0.9% mortality rate

Texas 1,240,750 positive tests (11,672 new), 22,502 deaths (247 new), 1.8% mortality rate