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Tarrant County health officials reported nine COVID-19 deaths Thursday.
The victims include a woman from Mansfield in her 90s, a woman from Arlington in her 90s, two men from Arlington and Grand Prairie each in their 80s, a woman from Euless in her 80s, a man from Arlington in his 70s, a woman from Arlington in her 60s, and two men from Arlington in their 50s.
County health officials said all of the victims had underlying health conditions.
There have been 532 confirmed deaths from COVID-19 and 34,116 people have recovered from the disease since the county began tracking in March.
Tarrant County leaders have extended the mandatory mask order through Nov. 30 to combat the spread of the virus.
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Dallas County reports 160 new cases
Dallas County health officials are reporting 160 new cases Thursday and 59 backlogged cases reported by the state.
A majority of the backlogged cases are from June and July. Five are also from August.
County health officials also reported five additional deaths from COVID-19.
There have been 895 confirmed deaths from the disease and eight that officials say are considered probably due to the coronavirus.
Most of the latest deaths were of people who had underlying high-risk health conditions, according to health officials.
The latest deaths include:
- A Richardson man in his 50s who had underlying high-risk health conditions
- A Dallas man in his 60s who had underlying high-risk health conditions
- A Cedar Hill man in his 60s from a long-term care facility
- A Garland man in his 70s who had underlying high-risk health conditions
- A Dallas man in his 70s
Denton County reaches 100 deaths
Denton County health officials added two new COVID-19 deaths Thursday, bringing the total to 100 since the county's first reported death on Mar. 26.
The two deaths include a Denton woman in her 70s who was a resident of The Vintage Health Care Center and a man in his 70s from The Colony.
The county also added 201 new COVID-19 cases. This is the first time the county has had more than 200 cases since July 22. There have now been 9,745 confirmed cases since tracking began in March.
There are currently 15 COVID-19 ICU patients in Denton County hospitals with 40 ICU beds available.
TCU reports 103 new active cases
Texas Christian University reported an additional 103 active cases of COVID-19 Thursday. This brings the total count for active cases to 360.
Of the 360 active cases, 357 are students, according to the university.
The number of active cases reported continues to increase. On Monday, the total active case count was 112, but it has since tripled.
Since March, the university has reported 641 total cases. Click here for more data on TCU's COVID-19 dashboard.
In comparison, UT Austin has reported 488 total cases since March.
Texas A&M University's dashboard does not have information from the spring. However, it does provide the number of self-reported this month.
According to the dashboard, 407 total cases were self-reported from Aug. 2 to 22.
Cowtown Marathon moves race dates to May 2021
Officials announced the Cowtown Marathon has been moved to May 8, 2021. Next year’s race was originally scheduled for late February.
Cowtown Marathon organizers said the change in dates is in response to ongoing concerns regarding the COVID-19 pandemic.
May 8 will include an in-person 5K, 10K, half marathon, and the Healthy Hig Half Marathon Relay.
Organizers say they have canceled the in-person kids 5K, full, and ultra-marathons, but virtual options to run are available.
