Dallas County Reports a Total of 344 New Positive 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Cases and 8 Deaths, Including 146 Probable Cases and 216 New Cases…

To date, a total of 2,575 cases with SARS-CoV-2 variants have been identified and investigated in residents of Dallas County, including 288 cases of B.1.1.7 (Alpha); 4 cases of B.1.351 (Beta); 1,851 cases of B.1.617.2 (Delta); 31 cases of B.1.427 (Epsilon); 29 cases of P.1 (Gamma); 15 cases of B.1.526 (Iota); 5 cases of C.37 (Lambda); 4 cases of B.1.621 (Mu); 343 cases of B.1.1.529 (Omicron); and 3 cases of P.2 (Zeta). Four hundred and forty-five cases have been hospitalized and 63 have died. Forty-nine COVID-19 variant cases were reinfections. Seven hundred and twenty-five people were considered fully vaccinated before infection with a COVID-19 variant.

As of 4/29/2022, a total of 645 confirmed and probable cases were reported in CDC week 16 (week ending 4/23/22), which is a weekly rate of 24.5 new cases per 100,000 residents.

As of the week ending 4/23/2022, about 81% of Dallas County residents age 12 years and older have received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, including 99% of residents age 65 years and older; 87% of residents between 40-64 years of age; 79% of residents 25-39 years of age; 68% of residents 18-24 years of age; and 63% of residents 12-17 years of age. In the cities of Addison, Coppell, Highland Park, Irving, and Sunnyvale, greater than 94% of residents 18 years of age and older have received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. In the cities of Cedar Hill, Desoto, Farmers Branch, Garland, Lancaster, and University Park, greater than 81% of residents 18 years of age and older have received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.

About 47.8% of COVID-19 cases diagnosed in Week 16 were Dallas County residents who were not fully vaccinated. In Dallas County, 60,005 cases of COVID-19 breakthrough COVID-19 infections in fully vaccinated individuals have been confirmed to date, of which 4,019 (6.7%) were hospitalized and 726 have died due to COVID-19.

Of all Dallas County residents tested for COVID-19 by PCR during the week ending 4/23/2022 (CDC week 16), 5.8% of respiratory specimens tested positive for SARS-CoV-2. For week 15, area hospital labs have continued to report elevated numbers and proportions of respiratory specimens that are positive for other respiratory viruses by molecular tests: parainfluenza (6.02 %), rhinovirus/enterovirus (20.22 %), and RSV (3.69%).

There are currently 11 active long-term care facility outbreaks. A cumulative total of 6,479 residents and 4,364 healthcare workers in long-term facilities in Dallas have been diagnosed with COVID-19. Of these, 1,338 have been hospitalized and 911 have died. About 16% of all deaths reported to date have been associated with long-term care facilities.

There has been 1 outbreak of COVID-19 in a congregate-living facility (e.g. homeless shelters, group homes, and halfway homes) reported within the past 30 days. A cumulative total of 1,135 residents and staff members (840 residents and 295 staff) in congregate-living facilities in Dallas have been diagnosed with COVID-19.

New cases are being reported as a daily aggregate, with more detailed data dashboards and summary reports updated on Friday evenings, available at: https://www.dallascounty.org/departments/dchhs/2019-novel-coronavirus/daily-updates.php.

Local health experts use hospitalizations, ICU admissions, and ER visits as three of the key indicators as part of determining the COVID-19 Risk Level (color-coded risk) and corresponding guidelines for activities during our COVID-19 response. The most recent COVID-19 hospitalization data for Dallas County, as reported to the North Central Texas Trauma Regional Advisory Council, can be found at http://www.dallascounty.org/covid-19 under Monitoring Data, and is updated regularly. This data includes information on the total available ICU beds, suspected and confirmed COVID-19 ER visits in the last 24 hours, confirmed COVID-19 inpatients, and COVID-19 deaths by actual date of death. The most recent forecasting from UTSW can be found here.The most recent COVID-19 Data Summaries for Dallas County, TX can be found at the bottom of this page.

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Dallas County Reports a Total of 344 New Positive 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Cases and 8 Deaths, Including 146 Probable Cases and 216 New Cases...