Dallas County reports record 413 new coronavirus cases, 9 deaths
Dallas County reported a record 413 new coronavirus cases Wednesday, a significant increase from the county’s previous one-day high and the first time it has crossed the 400-case threshold.
Officials said an increasing number of outbreaks are being reported from large social gatherings that have taken place this month.
The county also reported nine additional deaths from COVID-19 on Wednesday.
Four of the victims were Dallas residents: a man in his 60s, a woman in her 70s, and a man in his 40s and woman in her 90s who were residents of long-term care facilities.
The other deaths were two Mesquite men in their 60s, a Duncanville woman in her 60s, a Lancaster man in his 70s and a Grand Prairie man in his 70s.
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