DALLAS — As certain countries have concerns related to a new COVID-19 variant, North Texas is seeing a slight uptick in hospitalizations across the area.
Moves by several countries to mandate COVID-19 tests for passengers arriving from China reflect global concern that new variants could emerge in its ongoing outbreak.
There have been no reports of new variants to date, but China has been accused of not being forthcoming about the virus since it first surfaced in the country in late 2019.
The U.S., Japan, India, South Korea, Taiwan and Italy have announced testing requirements for passengers from China. The U.S. cited both the surge in infections and what it said was a lack of information, including genomic sequencing of the virus strains in the country.
Here is a closer look at what certain COVID-19 statistics look like in the North Texas area.
North Texas Trauma Service Area has more than 1,000 hospitalizations
There are currently 1,000 COVID-19 patients in hospitals from Trauma Service Area E, according to the Texas Department of State Health Services.
This is the first time there have been more than 1,000 hospitalizations in the area since there were 1,058 on Feb. 23, 2022.
The record-high number of hospitalizations happened on Jan. 21, 2022, when there were 4,341 patients in the area's hospitals.
Trauma Service Area E currently has a 14-day average of 766 hospitalizations.
The counties in this area include:
- Collin
- Cooke
- Dallas
- Denton
- Ellis
- Erath
- Fannin
- Grayson
- Hood
- Hunt
- Johnson
- Kaufman
- Navarro
- Palo Pinto
- Parker
- Rockwall
- Somervell
- Tarrant
- Wise
42 new reported deaths for Dallas County in December
As of Wednesday, the last day of a reported COVID-19 death in Dallas County happened on Dec. 24, 2022, data from the Texas Department of State Health Services shows. The last time the county had more than 10 reported deaths happened on Feb. 21, 2022, when there were 10.
In December 2022, there were 42 reported COVID-19 deaths in Dallas County.
The record-high number of deaths that reportedly happened in a single day happened on Dec. 29, 2020, when there were 43 reported deaths.
31 new reported deaths for Tarrant County in December
As of Wednesday, the last day of a reported COVID-19 death in Tarrant County happened on Dec. 28, 2022, data from the Texas Department of State Health Services shows. The last time the county had more than 10 reported deaths happened on Feb. 16, 2022, when there were 12 deaths.
In December 2022, there were 31 reported COVID-19 deaths in Tarrant County.
The record-high number of deaths that reportedly happened in a single day happened on Jan. 6, 2021, when there were 33 reported deaths.
9 new reported deaths for Collin County in December
As of Wednesday, the last day of a reported COVID-19 death in Collin County happened on Dec. 26, 2022, data from the Texas Department of State Health Services shows. The last time the county had more than 10 reported deaths happened on Feb. 23, 2022, when there were 10.
In December 2022, there were nine reported COVID-19 deaths in Collin County.
The record-high number of deaths that reportedly happened in a single day happened on Jan. 11, 2022, and Jan. 20, 2022, when there were 13 reported deaths on both days.
12 new reported deaths for Denton County in December
As of Wednesday, the last day of a reported COVID-19 death in Denton County happened on Dec. 27, 2022, data from the Texas Department of State Health Services shows. The last time the county had more than 10 reported deaths happened on Jan. 29, 2022, when there were 11. This was also the record-high for deaths in a single day for the county.
In December 2022, there were 12 reported COVID-19 deaths in Denton County.
