In the four major North Texas counties, there were another 35 COVID-19 deaths and an additional 1,815 new reported cases of the virus on Saturday.
Details for Dallas, Tarrant, Denton and Collin counties are below and are based on data reported on Saturday, Feb. 27 by district officials, local health departments and the state health department.
Dallas County
Dallas County reported another 10 COVID-19 deaths on Saturday, along with 570 new cases of the virus. In the past seven days, the province has announced 3,732 new and probable cases of the virus, an average of 533 per day, and 135 deaths, an average of 19 deaths per day.
As of March 2020, the province has reported a total of 280,404 cases of the virus, including 245,278 confirmed cases (PCR) and 35,126 probable cases (antigen). 2,951 deaths have been attributed to the virus; there are currently an estimated 264,544 recoveries, leaving 12,909 estimated active cases in the province.
Tarrant County
Tarrant County Public Health added another 13 COVID-19 deaths on Saturday, along with 645 new cases of the virus. In the past seven days, the province has announced 3,576 new and probable cases of the virus, an average of 510 per day, and 97 deaths, an average of 14 deaths per day.
As of March 2020, the province has reported a total of 241,650 cases of the virus, including 205,676 confirmed cases (PCR) and 35,974 probable cases (antigen). 2,854 deaths have been attributed to the virus; there are currently an estimated 222,139 recoveries, leaving an estimated 16,660 active cases in the province.
Denton County
Denton County Public Health reports an additional 349 new cases of COVID-19 on Saturday with nine new deaths. Of the new reported cases, DCPH confirmed that 319 are active, while 30 have already cleared the recovery protocol.
As of March 2020, Denton County has reported a total of 63,994 cases of the virus, including 48,806 confirmed cases (PCR) and 15,188 probable cases (antigen). 407 deaths have been attributed to the virus; there are currently an estimated 51,406 recoveries, leaving an estimated 12,180 active cases in the province.
Collin County
The Texas Department of State Health Services reports three new COVID-19 deaths in Collin County on Saturday, along with another 175 newly confirmed and 77 probable cases of the virus.
As of March 2020, the DSHS has reported a total of 83,100 cases of the virus in Collin County, including 69,920 confirmed cases (PCR) and 13,180 probable cases (antigen). 719 deaths have been attributed to the virus; there are currently an estimated 68,759 recoveries leaving 13,622 estimated active cases in the province.
Would you like to get on a vaccine waiting list?
As the state begins to distribute COVID-19 vaccines for those in Phase 1A and 1B, the county’s health departments have begun waiting lists for those seeking to be vaccinated.
You can now register to receive the vaccination in Collin, Dallas, Denton and Tarrant counties. Links are below:
Waiting list links: Collin – Search waiting list | Dallas | Denton | Tarrant
You don’t need to be a county resident to register for a COVID-19 vaccine in that county – registration is open to anyone in Texas. For those without Internet access, Tarrant County also takes telephone registrations at 817-248-6299. In Dallas County, call the DCHHS vaccine hotline at 1-855-IMMUNE9 (1-855-466-8639). In Denton County, call 940-349-2585.
The vaccine is currently only being administered to those who are in stages 1A and 1B, as outlined by the Texas Department of State Health Services. Those in phase 1A are primary health workers or residents of long-term care facilities. Stage 1B includes those over the age of 65, or those over the age of 16 with a chronic medical condition that puts them at risk for serious illness.
The DSHS said on Feb. 4 that they are continuing to discuss when to expand the availability of vaccines to Group 1C and whether or not that group will include teachers.
Once vaccinated, people are expected to achieve some level of protection within a few weeks of the first injection, but full protection cannot occur until a few weeks after the second injection. Even when fully vaccinated, it is still possible to be infected by the virus as the vaccine does not provide 100% protection.
The Texas DSHS advises that the vaccine won’t be readily available to the general public until late spring or early summer 2021.
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