Dallas County Health and Human Services reported 7 deaths and 183 new cases of COVID-19 today, May 21, bringing the total case count in Dallas County to 8,273 with 203 total deaths to date*.

Additional deaths include:

• A man in his 50s who was a resident of the City of Lancaster and had been hospitalized.
• A woman in her 50s who was a resident of the City of Dallas and had been critically ill in an area hospital.
• A man in his 60s who was a resident of the City of Dallas and was found deceased at home.
• A man in his 80s who was a resident of the City of Dallas and had been critically ill in an area hospital.
• A woman in her 80s who was a resident of a long-term care facility in the City of Mesquite and had been hospitalized.
• A woman in her 90s who was a resident of a long-term care facility in the City of Dallas and had been hospitalized.
• A woman in her 90s who was a resident of a long-term care facility in the City of Dallas and expired at the facility.

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 more than 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 33% 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]