As of 12:00 pm February 15, 2022, Dallas County Health and Human Services is reporting 2,644 additional positive cases of 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in Dallas County, 2,387 confirmed cases, and 257 probable cases. There is a cumulative total of 463,475 confirmed cases (PCR test). There is a cumulative total of 97,686 probable cases (antigen test). A total of 5,888 Dallas County residents have lost their lives due to COVID-19 illness. Today's press release includes the new case totals accumulated from Saturday, Sunday, and Monday.
Dallas County Health and Human Services (DCHHS) provided more than 500,000 total doses of COVID-19 vaccine at the Fair Park mega-vaccine clinic, which operated from January 11 through July 17. A vaccination clinic is open at the Dallas College Eastfield Campus Location on Thursdays - Saturdays from 9 am-6 pm, and on Sundays from 10 am - 4 pm. A weekly pop-up vaccination clinic will also take place at Fair Park on Tuesdays from 12:30 pm-6 pm and on Sundays, from 10 am - 4 pm.
The additional deaths being reported today include the following:
- A woman in her 20's who was a resident of the City of Garland. She had been critically ill in an area hospital and did not have underlying high-risk health conditions.
- A man in his 20's who was a resident of the City of Dallas. He had been critically ill in an area hospital and had underlying high-risk health conditions.
- A man in his 40's who was a resident of the City of Grand Prairie. He had been critically ill in an area hospital and had underlying high-risk health conditions.
- A man in his 50's who was a resident of the City of Garland. He had been critically ill in an area hospital and had underlying high-risk health conditions.
- A woman in her 50's who was a resident of the City of Irving. She had been critically ill in an area hospital and had underlying high-risk health conditions.
- A woman in her 50's who was a resident of the City of Dallas. She had been critically ill in an area hospital and had underlying high-risk health conditions.
- A man in his 50's who was a resident of the City of Dallas. He had been critically ill in an area hospital and had underlying high-risk health conditions.
- A man in his 60's who was a resident of the City of Grand Prairie. He had been critically ill in an area hospital and had underlying high-risk health conditions.
- A man in his 60's who was a resident of the City of Irving. He had been critically ill in an area hospital and had underlying high-risk health conditions.
- A woman in her 60's who was a resident of the City of Irving. She had been critically ill in an area hospital and had underlying high-risk health conditions.
- A woman in her 60's who was a resident of the City of Dallas. She had been critically ill in an area hospital and had underlying high-risk health conditions.
- A man in his 70's who was a resident of the City of Irving. He had been critically ill in an area hospital and had underlying high-risk health conditions.
- A man in his 70's who was a resident of the City of Garland. He had been critically ill in an area hospital and had underlying high-risk health conditions.
- A man in his 70's who was a resident of the City of Dallas. He had been critically ill in an area hospital and had underlying high-risk health conditions.
- A man in his 70's who was a resident of the City of Garland. He had been critically ill in an area hospital and had underlying high-risk health conditions.
- A woman in her 80's who was a resident of the City of Dallas. She expired in hospice and had underlying high-risk health conditions.
- A man in his 80's who was a resident of a long-term care facility in the City of Dallas. He expired at the facility and had underlying high-risk health conditions.
To date, a total of 1,288 cases with SARS-CoV-2 variants have been identified and investigated in residents of Dallas County, including 162 cases of B.1.1.7 (Alpha); 4 cases of B.1.351 (Beta); 1,052 cases of B.1.617.2 (Delta); 14 cases of B.1.427 (Epsilon); 20 cases of P.1 (Gamma); 9 cases of B.1.526 (Iota); 4 cases of C.37 (Lambda); 2 cases of B.1.621 (Mu); 20 cases of B.1.1.529 (Omicron); and 1 case of P.2 (Zeta). Two hundred and forty-eight cases have been hospitalized and 39 have died. Nineteen COVID-19 variant cases were reinfections. Three hundred and sixteen people were considered fully vaccinated before infection with a COVID-19 variant. As of 2/11/2022, a total of 5,049 confirmed and probable cases were reported in CDC week 5 (week ending 2/5/22), which is a weekly rate of 191.6 new cases per 100,000 residents.
As of the week ending 2/10/2022, about 80% of Dallas County residents age 12 years and older have received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine, including 98% of residents age 65 years and older; 86% of residents between 40-64 years of age; 77% of residents 25-39 years of age; 66% of residents 18-24 years of age; and 61% of residents 12-17 years of age. In the cities of Addison, Coppell, Highland Park, Irving, and Sunnyvale, greater than 90% of residents 18 years of age and older have received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. In the cities of Cedar Hill, Desoto, Farmers Branch, Garland, Lancaster, and University Park, greater than 80% of residents 18 years of age and older have received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. (See below).
About 57.7% of COVID-19 cases diagnosed in Week 5 were Dallas County residents who were not fully vaccinated. In Dallas County, 31,294 cases of COVID-19 breakthrough COVID-19 infections in fully vaccinated individuals have been confirmed to date, of which 2,911 (9.3%) were hospitalized and 462 have died due to COVID-19.
Of all Dallas County residents tested for COVID-19 by PCR during the week ending 2/5/2022 (CDC week 5), 21.7% of respiratory specimens tested positive for SARS-CoV-2. For week 5, area hospital labs have continued to report elevated numbers and proportions of respiratory specimens that are positive for other respiratory viruses by molecular tests: parainfluenza (3.33%), rhinovirus/enterovirus (28.6%) and RSV (3.08%).
There are currently 91 active long-term care facility outbreaks. A cumulative total of 6,177 residents and 4,169 healthcare workers in long-term facilities in Dallas have been diagnosed with COVID-19. Of these, 1,276 have been hospitalized and 873 have died. About 16% of all deaths reported to date have been associated with long-term care facilities.
There have been 12 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 844 residents and 295 staff members in congregate-living facilities in Dallas have been diagnosed with COVID-19. New cases are being reported as a daily aggregate, with more detailed data dashboards and summary reports updated on Friday evenings, available at: https://www.dallascounty.org/departments/dchhs/2019-novel-coronavirus/daily-updates.php.
Local health experts use hospitalizations, ICU admissions, and ER visits as three of the key indicators as part of determining the COVID-19 Risk Level (color-coded risk) and corresponding guidelines for activities during our COVID-19 response. The most recent COVID-19 hospitalization data for Dallas County, as reported to the North Central Texas Trauma Regional Advisory Council, can be found at www.dallascounty.org/covid-19 under "Monitoring Data," and is updated regularly. This data includes information on the total available ICU beds, suspected and confirmed COVID-19 ER visits in the last 24 hours, confirmed COVID-19 inpatients, and COVID-19 deaths by actual date of death. The most recent forecasting from UTSW can be found here.