(WBAP/KLIF) — Nearly 13,000 COVID-19 positive tests were found in Texas, Monday, with over 8,000 occurring in the Metroplex. North Texas topped 390,000 cases, while Tarrant county’s extended holiday weekend coronavirus numbers showed nearly 6-thousand new positives. That bumped Monday’s new case total to over the 8,000 mark.
Dallas county listed in excess of 1,200 newly infected residents, Collin county 359, and Denton county with 454 new Coronavirus cases. Dallas county also reported 15 additional COVID fatalities, while Denton county listed 11 new deaths. The Metroplex has lost a total of 3,554 residents to the virus.
Of the nearly 1.5 million statewide cases, almost 168,000 are in dallas county, 144,000 in Tarrant county, close to 41,500 in Collin, and over 37,000 in Denton county.
Dallas county leads the North Texas death toll with 1,580, Tarrant 1,425, while Dollin and Denton counties combine for 549 deaths. More than 26,500 Texans have died during the pandemic.
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Dallas county 167,900 positive tests (1,243 new), 1,580 deaths (15 new), 0.9% mortality rate
Tarrant county 144,001 positive tests (5,991 new), 1,425 deaths, 0.8% mortality rate
Collin county 41,496 positive tests (359 new), 351 deaths, 0.8% mortality rate
Denton county 37,262 positive tests (454 new), 198 deaths (11 new), 0.5% mortality rate
Metroplex 390,659 positive tests (8,047 new), 3,554 deaths (26 new), 0.9% mortality rate
Texas 1,490,479 positive tests (12,841 new), 26,521 deaths (49 new), 1.8% mortality rate
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