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Dallas County reports five COVID-19 related deaths

by | Apr 29, 2020 | Life & Style

Dallas County Health and Human Services is reporting 5 deaths and 112 new cases of COVID-19 today, April 29, bringing the total case count in Dallas County to 3,352 with 99 total deaths to date*.

The reported deaths are a Dallas man and a Dallas woman, both in their 90s and residents of a long-term care facility; a Dallas man in his 50s who had been hospitalized, a Mesquite man in his 60’s who had been critically ill and a Balch Springs man in his 60s who was a resident in a long-term care facility and had been critically ill in an area hospital.

Of cases requiring hospitalization, most have been either over 60 years of age or have had at least one known high-risk chronic health condition.

The county also reported that almost 80% of the cases requiring hospitalization have been workers in the healthcare, public health, food and agriculture, public works and other essential business sectors.

Diabetes has been an underlying high-risk health condition reported in about a third (33%) of all hospitalized patients with COVID-19.

About 40% of the deaths have been associated with long-term care facilities.

* Numbers are updated at 10:00 AM daily.
Note: Does not include positive results from persons who reside out-of-state or outside of Dallas County.

From Staff Reports • [email protected]

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