Chief Elected Official of Dallas County. 2nd Largest County in the Lone Star State. Known in TX as the County Judge. Home to 2.7 million. RTs not endorsements.
Today we report 400 new cases of COVID-19 and 12 deaths. While the threat level of COVID-19 spread in our county isn't at its highest level right now, we still need to proceed with extreme caution as we plan our activities, particularly if you are unvaccinated.
Today we report 1,119 new cases and 7 deaths.
Today we report a three-day total of 3,580 new COVID cases and 11 deaths. We had a hearing on the temporary injunction in Koch v. Jenkins v. Abbott, the case involving local authority to issue mask requirements.
Today we report an additional 1,382 new COVID cases and 8 additional deaths.
Today we report 796 new cases and 3 death.
Last week, UTSW models predicted that by August 9 we would have over 600 new cases in a single day. And today we report 989 cases with five additional deaths. The Delta variant is now the predominant strain in North Texas.
Today we report 1,453 new cases and three deaths. This is a three-day total. Also, today @CDCgov instituted a recommendation that in high-spread areas, vaccinated people wear a mask when in indoor settings outside their own home.
Today we report a one-day total of 765 cases and four additional deaths. Today’s release includes the new case totals accumulated from Friday. Over 1,200 individuals are now hospitalized with COVID-19 in our North Texas region.
Today we report 139 additional cases of COVID-19 and two deaths. We also report four additional variant cases in unvaccinated individuals and one death. The death was reported several weeks ago before the sequencing was completed that tests for variants.
Today we report 95 new cases of COVID-19 and four additional deaths. The federal government released today that they will fall short of their goal of 70% of eligible Americans having at least one dose by July 4.
Today we report a two-day total of 106 new COVID-19 cases and two additional deaths. The summer celebration is on now that the last of the schools have finished the school year.
Today we report an additional 175 cases of COVID-19 & 10 deaths. Increasingly, our population of new cases is trending younger due to the fact that the vast majority of those 65+ have received at least 1 dose of the vaccine but only about 25% of those 16-30 have received 1 dose.
Today we report a two-day total of 322 COVID-19 cases and 9 deaths, representing the totals from Saturday and Sunday. COVID continues to be a serious health risk to which many of us have become numb. Everyone has an important role to play and that role is to become vaccinated.
Today we reported 267 cases and 24 deaths. For the week, our average daily new case count dropped from 601 to 390, and our total number of deaths was 177, making this the 5th deadliest week on record for COVID-19.
“Today marks the 1 year anniversary of my first executive order, the day after @WHO declared COVID-19 a global pandemic. One year later, we report 401 additional cases and 39 additional deaths. Over the past year, we’ve lost 3,275 residents of Dallas County to COVID-19. 
Today we report 35 additional deaths from COVID-19 and 351 additional positive cases. One of the cases we report today is the B.1.526 variant that began in New York City.
Today marks the one-year anniversary from the day we announced the first COVID-19 case. To mark this grim anniversary, we announce 557 new COVID-19 cases and an additional 21 deaths.
Today we report 333 cases and 25 new deaths. Again, the numbers are artificially low for new cases due to power outages and disruption in the reporting system. This brings our death total to 204 deaths this week, the third deadliest week on record.