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COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations have continued to increase throughout the week as Tarrant County surpassed 700 patients Friday.
Health officials reported 726 patients compared to 699 Thursday. One week ago, there were 515 people hospitalized in the county due to COVID-19.
A spokesperson for Cook Children's in Fort Worth said there are currently 14 children in the hospital with COVID-19, the hospital's highest total to date.
Some health experts and city officials believe sports events are contributing to the spread of COVID-19 among children in the county.
State health officials say almost 7,000 COVID-19 patients are now receiving treatment in Texas hospitals, the most in almost three months.
For the second day in a row, more than 1,000 new cases were reported in Tarrant County.
According to the county's dashboard, 1,402 additional people have contracted coronavirus and six more residents died. This means there have been more than 70,000 COVID-19 cases and 790 deaths since tracking began in March.
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Dallas County adds 767 new cases
Dallas County officials reported one new death and 767 new coronavirus cases, including 499 confirmed and 268 probable cases.
A Dallas woman in her 40s was the most recent death. She had been critically ill in a local hospital and had underlying conditions, officials said.
Dallas officials said in a release that if residents don't change their behavior, we could be surpassing 2,000 a day by Thanksgiving.
"Now is the time to turn it around. The decisions you make today will determine the numbers in the coming days," said Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins.
Jenkins reminded everyone to use masks, avoid crowds, and asked that we "renew our unselfish commitment to each other and to public health.”
Dallas County also reported that there were 608 new cases among school-aged children this week, a total that has doubled in the last four weeks.
Denton County adds 234 cases
Denton County Public Health announced 234 cases of COVID-19, of which 145 are currently active cases. This increases the countywide total to 19,322 COVID-19 cases, including 15,485 recoveries.
DCPH will host a free drive-thru testing center Tuesday, Nov. 17 at Westside Baptist Church at 900 Bellaire Boulevard in Lewisville. Eligible community members must live in Denton County, and must pre-register by calling 940-349-2585.
As virus cases rise, Southwest sees slower travel recovery
A new report from Dallas-based Southwest Airlines indicates that the rise in COVID-19 cases around the country is cutting into travel bookings.
That's bad news for the airlines just before the important Thanksgiving holiday, normally a busy travel period. Southwest said Thursday that leisure-travel bookings improved slightly in October, but that improvement is fading for November and December flights.
Meanwhile, JetBlue Airways will stop blocking seats on its flights starting Jan. 8. Airlines say they are losing revenue by limiting capacity on planes, which they say are safe because of powerful ventilation and air-filtering systems.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.