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TexasTowelie

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Sun May 10, 2020, 06:01 AM May 2020

Dallas County closes first full week of May with highest 7-day increase in coronavirus cases to date

Dallas County reported 250 new positive COVID-19 cases and eight more deaths Saturday, closing out the first full week of May with its most cases reported in a week to date.

The deaths include three residents of long-term care facilities: two Dallas men in their 60s and 80s and a Richardson woman in her 80s.

The other victims were a Dallas man in his 50s, a Cockrell Hill man in his 50s, a Balch Springs woman in her 70s, a Farmers Branch woman in her 80s, and a Garland man in his 30s who was found dead in his home.

The county has recorded 5,619 cases of the virus and 143 deaths. Over one-third of deaths have been associated with long-term care facilities, county health officials said.

Read more: https://www.dallasnews.com/news/public-health/2020/05/09/rockwall-county-reports-3-more-coronavirus-cases-at-nursing-facility/

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