Communicable Diseases
2019 Novel Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19) - Weekly Updates
Dallas County Health and Human Services - 2377 N. Stemmons Freeway, Dallas, TX 75207
Telephone: 214-819-2000
Dallas County Residents
Date Last Updated | Cumulative COVID-19 Cases | Deaths from COVID-19 |
October 4, 2024 | 597,512 | 7,400 |
Note: Count does not include positive results from persons who reside out-of-state or outside of Dallas County.
For CDC week 39, DCHHS is reporting a cumulative total of 597,512 confirmed cases of 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in Dallas County. The cumulative total probable case count in Dallas County is 166,471. This week, a total of 168 cases of COVID-19 were reported within 14 days of specimen collection date, and a total of 7,400 deaths in Dallas County residents have lost their lives due to COVID-19 illness.
To date, a total of 5,471 cases with SARS-CoV-2 variants have been identified and investigated in residents of Dallas County, including 290 cases of B.1.1.7 (Alpha); 4 cases of B.1.351 (Beta); 1,900 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); 3,179 cases of B.1.1.529 (Omicron); and 3 cases of P.2 (Zeta). Eight hundred and fifty-four cases have been hospitalized and 128 have died. Six hundred and twenty-five COVID-19 variant cases were reinfections. Additionally, 2,859 people were considered fully vaccinated before contracting a COVID-19 variant.
For week 39, area hospital labs report steady numbers and proportions of respiratory specimens that are positive for other respiratory viruses by molecular tests: parainfluenza (6.3%), rhinovirus/enterovirus (46.6%), and RSV (1.7%).
There are currently 6 active long-term care facility outbreaks. There has been a total of 16,963 COVID-19 cases in long term care facilities: 10,515, residents and 6,448 staff members. Of these, 1,738 have been hospitalized and 1,168 have died of COVID.
There have been 0 outbreaks 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 1,459 residents and staff members (1,071 residents and 388 staff) in congregate-living facilities in Dallas have been diagnosed with COVID-19.
All Dallas County COVID-19 Updates and Information can be found here: https://www.dallascounty.org/covid-19/
All guidance documents can be found here: https://www.dallascounty.org/covid-19/guidance-health.php
COVID-19 Data Summaries for Dallas County, TX
This data is updated weekly by DCHHS
Click here to view DCHHS COVID-19 Weekly Summary
For DFW COVID-19 forecasting data, please see the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center's model here.
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