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Oral swab testing for COVID-19 is now available in Dallas, city officials announced Tuesday. The oral swab testing, which is less invasive than nasal swab testing, will take place at Good Street Baptist Church at 3110 Bonnie View Road.
Tests can be scheduled 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday-Saturday through the month of September.
Officials encourage pre-test registration which could be done online at texas.curativeinc.com.
The testing location is open to everyone and city officials said there are no residency or ID requirements.
The site is projected to accommodate about 600 tests daily and results can be expected 72 to 96 hours, city officials said.
Testing site at Dr Pepper Ballpark closed due to weather
Officials in Frisco announced via Twitter, that the salvia testing site at Dr Pepper Ballpark will be closed the rest of Tuesday due to weather conditions.
The testing site is expected to reopen at 8 a.m. Wednesday, however residents should monitor the city of Frisco social media sites for updates.
The weather pattern this week will favor disturbances moving across or near North Texas, bringing rounds of showers and storms.
Dallas County reports 19 new COVID-19 deaths, six were people without high-risk health conditions
Dallas County health officials are adding 455 new cases of COVID-19 to go along with 19 new deaths. The county also reported 167 cases that came from previous months due to a backlog in the state's reporting system.
This brings the county's total to 72,252 cases and 920 deaths since tracking began in March.
Of the 19 deaths, six were people who did not have underlying high-risk health conditions. This includes a Dallas man in his 50s, a Garland man in his 60s, a Garland man in his 60s, a Dallas man in his 60s, a Dallas woman in her 70s and a Dallas woman in her 80s.
Of the 167 cases that came from the system's backlog, 101 came in May, 14 in June and 51 in July.
Of the current confirmed cases requiring hospitalization in Dallas County, more than 66% have been under the age of 65.
Lamar County reports 8th straight day without new case
Lamar County has now had eight straight days without a new COVID-19 case, according to the Texas Department of State Health Services. The county has 791 total cases since tracking began in March.
Before this recent stretch, the last time Lamar County had more than two days in a row without a case was April 25-27.
From Aug. 9-24, the county reported 162 cases, with an average of 10.1 cases per day. There hasn't been a reported case since then.
Since the county's first reported case on March 24, the only other period of time with more days in a row without a case happened from April 11-21.
Texas positivity rate reaches lowest mark since June 22
The COVID-19 positivity rate for Texas is down to 10.13%, according to the Texas Department of State Health Services.
The positivity rate tracks the percentage of people tested for COVID-19 who are found to be positive.
Tuesday's rate is the state's lowest mark since June 22, when it was 9.76%. The current record came on Aug. 11, when it reached 24.5%.
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