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We continue to hear news of this virus spreading across the world, here in the United States, and in some areas of Texas. So what is the status of this virus here in Dallas County? To get answers, the Dallas County website was accessed today. The daily average number of weekly newly confirmed and probable cases in Dallas County had previously peaked on July 11, 2020, at 1313. The current peek week for this occurred on the week ending on December 5, 2020, at 1647. With this, it is more important to consider hospitalizations and fatalities. Considering hospitalizations in Dallas

We all have heard of the increasing number of new novel coronavirus infections, both within the United States and within some locales within the state of Texas. So, how has this affected Collin County, Texas? Hospitalizations are a very good indicator of the status of this pandemic, as are the number of fatalities. We will look at Collin County hospitalizations first. Unfortunately, the number of patients with COVID-19 infection within the county hospitals is the highest it has ever been, as of December 7, 2020, at 355 patients. We can compare this to the last peak in county hospitalizations, which

We all have heard of the increase of new daily COVID-19 infections across the country, and especially here in El Paso. The same had occurred for Collin County; however, the number of daily COVID-19 fatalities has consistently been decreasing and the hospitals are not near overrun with COVID-19 patients. Presented here to support this is data from the Texas Department of State Health Services. The highest number of new daily infections in Collin County was reported as being 1167 on August 15, 2020. Following that, Collin County change the way they count these new infections, so the following day the

We have heard about the current spike in the number of daily new COVID-19 infections across the country. The same has indeed occurred for Dallas County. However, the daily number of fatalities has continued to trend down, and the daily number of hospitalizations is not close to overrunning the hospital capacity. To be more specific, according to the Texas Department of State Health Services, the past spikes in the number of new infections for Dallas County occurred on July 26, 2020, at 1267, and on August 18, 2020, at 1850. Relative to those, the number of new infections for Dallas

According to the Texas Department of State Health Services, while COVID-19 new daily infections have spiked some since dropping, the state is still experiencing a decreasing rate of daily fatalities and the hospitals are not near overrun. Our case positivity rate is still below 10%, which is a critical value noted by the CDC. Indeed, this is very good news. In referencing the daily number of new infections, the peak occurred on July 14, 2020, at 10,745. Following this, the state experienced the lowest number of new daily infections on September 28, 2020, at 1397. Since then, there has been