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COVID-19 updates: Dallas County adds 112 new cases
Local health officials also announced Monday there are currently 106 people hospitalized with COVID-19 in the county s hospitals. Author: Jay Wallis (WFAA) Updated: 5:37 PM CDT June 16, 2021
Dallas County health officials reported 112 new COVID-19 cases Wednesday, bringing the county total to 261,898 since tracking began in March 2020.
Of these new cases, 54 are considered probable because they came from antigen tests.
Local health officials also announced Wednesday there are currently 110 people hospitalized with COVID-19 in the county s hospitals. This is up from 101 the previous day.
The county s hospitalizations have remained below 200 since late April.
There were also four new deaths in the county, which included a Grand Prairie woman in her 50s and an Irving man in his 60s.
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Madeleine Jenkins, 15, rocks white Air Force sneakers, a half-up twisted ponytail, and high-waist jeans while receiving her first dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccination shot, administered by Parkland Hospital nurse Karina Garcia. She was the first teen to receive the shot in Dallas County, and she is the daughter of Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins.
Federal officials authorized use of the Pfizer vaccine for children ages 12 to 15. Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins daughter was the first teen to receive the shot in the county.
Fifteen-year-old Madeleine Jenkins was first up to get a COVID-19 vaccine at Parkland Hospital on Thursday.
The polling place at Comstock Middle School in Southeast Dallas opened 3 hours late May 1.
Dallas City Council candidate Yolanda Williams, who lost her contest, was also the precinct chair at Comstock. Williams said the poll judge told her the delay was due to a lack of extension cords to operate poll equipment.
“People came and they found out they couldn t vote and they left. So I don t know if they went to the other places, but she wasn t telling them where they could go and vote as well,” Williams said.
All the polling places had been used in past elections with few problems.