BY STEFAN
STEVENSON NOVEMBER 02, 2020 06:23 PM
Dallas
County reported 1,517 COVID-19 cases, the most
since Aug. 18.
The county also reported two pandemic-related deaths, including a Grand Prairie man in his 40s and a Dallas man in his 50s. Both had underlying health conditions.
Monday’s
increased case totals, which is double Sunday’s total, is partly because a
large network of outpatient clinics started electronically reporting its
antigen testing results to the Dallas County Health and Human Services,
according to Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins.
Jenkins said
of the 1,517 cases, about 80% are from these clinics and the numbers represent
tests from Oct. 13-29.
“This is not really a backlog, but rather a bulk upload from outpatient clinics that have ramped up antigen testing this month,” Jenkins said in a release and on social media. “With the numbers that we are seeing, it is increasingly important that we wear a mask and avoid crowds. You know what to do, we just need to all do it.”
Dallas
County has confirmed 97,875 COVID-19 cases, including
1,119 deaths.
The county
is reporting a seven-day average of 652 daily new cases, the highest daily
average of new cases since July.
The positive
test rate has increased to 15.4% among symptomatic patients at area hospitals.
The county
reports that 587 children (5 to 17) are either confirmed or listed as probable
for COVID-19, which is twice the totals for school-age children a month ago.
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