DALLAS — The University of North Texas announced that Saturday's football game against the University of Houston has been canceled due to four people testing positive for COVID-19.
"Following student-athletes, coaching staff and inner personnel being tested three times each week since August, there were a total of four positive tests this week," UNT officials said in a written statement.
Those who tested positive are currently in self-isolation. Officials said the succeeding contact tracing of those positive tests left the football program unable to field a team for a game this week.
UNT and Houston are working to find a date to reschedule the game.
A week earlier, Houston's game against Baylor was postponed due to COVID-19 precautions.
UNT won its first game against Houston Baptist but got blown out last weekend against SMU.
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Dallas County reports 328 new cases, 2 deaths
Dallas County health officials reported 328 additional cases of COVID-19 and two additional deaths Wednesday. Of the cases, 11 were from August and nine were from July, as reported by the state health department.
The county surpassed 1,000 deaths on Tuesday and Wednesday's report brings the countywide total of deaths to 1,002 since tracking began in March.
The two latest deaths were a Dallas man in his 50s and a Dallas man in his 70s. Both had underlying high-risk health conditions and were both critically ill at hospitals.
"Our hospitalization numbers have stopped their decrease and have been largely flat over the last few days," said Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins. "The increases in infection in Tarrant County and the increasing openings of bars under loopholes made possible by Governor Abbott, along with more schools opening, means that we all need to be on our toes in making smart decisions."
For the 24-hour period ending on Tuesday, 14% of all emergency department visits in the county were for people with COVID-19-like symptoms, Dallas County Health and Human Services said.
There have been 78,723 positive cases in the county.
Tarrant County reports five deaths
Tarrant County health officials reported five COVID-19 deaths Wednesday.
The victims include a woman from Bedford in her 90s, a man from Fort Worth in his 80s, a man from Fort Worth in his 60s, and a man and woman from Fort Worth in their 50s.
Officials said all of the victims had underlying health conditions.
The county has reported 641 confirmed deaths and 41,788 people have recovered since tracking began in March.
Denton County reports 68 cases
Denton County Public Health announced 68 newly confirmed cases of COVID-19, of which 50 are currently active. This brings the countywide total to 11,770 confirmed cases, including 109 deaths and 10,154 recoveries since tracking began in March.
DCPH will be hosting a drive-thru COVID-19 testing center Friday, Sept. 25 at UNT's Discovery Park, located at 3940 N. Elm Street in Denton. It will open at 8 a.m. If you would like to get tested you must pre-register by calling 940-349-2585.
