Dallas County reports 1,698 new coronavirus cases, 22 deaths; Tarrant County adds 24 deaths
Despite the increasing death toll, Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins said some metrics are headed in the right direction now.
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Revised to include statewide data.
Dallas County reported 1,698 new coronavirus cases Monday, as well as 22 more deaths from COVID-19.
Sixteen of the latest victims were Dallas residents: a man in his 40s, a man in his 50s, four men in their 60s, four men and a woman in their 70s, three men and a woman in their 80s and a man in his 90s. One of the men in his 60s, the woman and one of the men in their 80s and the man in his 90s lived at long-term care facilities. The man in his 40s and one of the men in his 60s were found dead at their homes.
Dallas County reports 1,698 new cases and 22 new deaths
Another 22 people were reported dead from coronavirus in Dallas County Monday, bringing the county s total death toll to 2,030 since tracking began in March.
The county also reported 1,698 new cases, 222 of which are probable, county officials said.
There is a cumulative total of 219,515 confirmed cases and a cumulative total of 29,003 probable cases in the county.
The 22 people reported dead Monday ranged from a Dallas man in his 40s found dead in his home to three county residents in their 90s. All but two had underlying high-risk health conditions, officials said.
They are:
A Dallas man in his 50s who had been hospitalized
By Justin Grass
Staff Writer
jgrass@dentonrc.com Dec 13, 2020
Courtesy photo/James King
Terrell W. King III is seen in this undated photo provided by
his son James King. Terrell recently died at age 83.
Terrell Whiteman King III, a former Denton city council member and partner in local insurance agency Ramey & King for nearly 30 years, passed away at 83 Thursday from cancer complications.
King III grew up on a farm in Roanoke before his family moved to the Denton area and he attended Denton High School, where he met his future wife, Nancy. He attended North Texas State College, now the University of North Texas, but never finished a degree â though that didnât stop him from becoming a business partner in local insurance agency Ramey & White in 1962.
Terrell Whiteman King III, a former Denton city council member and partner in local insurance agency Ramey & King for nearly 30 years, passed away at 83 Thursday from cancer complications.
King III grew up on a farm in Roanoke before his family moved to the Denton area and he attended Denton High School, where he met his future wife, Nancy. He attended North Texas State College, now the University of North Texas, but never finished a degree â though that didnât stop him from becoming a business partner in local insurance agency Ramey & White in 1962.
The firm changed its name two years later to Ramey & King Insurance, its current name, and King himself was involved in the business until he retired in the early â90s. Years before his retirement, he brought his twin sons James and Jeff into the business, which is now owned entirely by the King family.