City of Desoto issued the following announcement.
On Sunday, November 29, 2020, Dallas County reported their cumulative New “Real-Time” Coronavirus cases from Thanksgiving through Sunday. The total number of cases from the extended Thanksgiving holiday period to the present was 3,303 new “Real-Time” cases including 3,083 confirmed cases and 220 probable cases. Probable cases are determined through laboratory-confirmed Antigen tests and have become a part of the standard reporting totals from Dallas County, the CDC, and many other states and metropolitan areas: https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#cases_totalcases
There were also 6 COID-19 deaths over the same holiday period. We are presently in a “spike” of new Coronavirus cases and there are concerns that there could be a spike on top of that spike if some of our residents dropped their guard against existing COVID-19 protocols during the Thanksgiving holiday. Only time will tell on this concern. In the meantime please keep following the medically proven anti-COVID protocols of wearing a mask in public, maintaining a 6-foot social distance, frequently washing your hands, and avoiding crowds and people without masks.
Today's County COVID News Release: https://www.ci.desoto.tx.us/DocumentCenter/View/18392/11292020-Press-Release---Dallas-County-Reports-Additional-Positive-2019-Novel-Coronavirus-COVID-19-Cases
Here is today’s COVID-19 overview for the State of Texas from TDEM: https://olympus.soc.texas.gov/services/Sitrep/GetFile.aspx?id=7870
Texas HHS reminds us that Texans can dial 2-1-1 (option 6) for information on COVID-19 and local resources on health care, utilities, food, housing, and more.
COVID NEWS:
Dallas Morning News: Dallas County reports 3,303 more coronavirus cases, 6 deaths; Tarrant County reports 1,305 new cases, 5 fatalities https://www.dallasnews.com/topic/coronavirus/?gclid=EAIaIQobChMI27Db8-qo7QIVEW6GCh13-ww3EAAYASAAEgJaRvD_BwE
KTLA: Dallas nurse who came out of retirement to train others dies from COVID-19, family says
https://ktla.com/news/coronavirus/dallas-nurse-who-came-out-of-retirement-to-train-others-dies-from-covid-19/
NBC News: Fauci warns Thanksgiving travel could make current Covid surge worse
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/meet-the-press/fauci-warns-superimposed-coronavirus-surge-after-thanksgiving-travel-n1249270
USA Today: FAA confirms first 'mass air shipment' of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine from Belgium as US preps for distribution
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2020/11/29/pfizer-covid-vaccine-faa-belgium-air-shipment/6445339002/
BBC News: Covid-19: Don't 'take brakes off' Covid measures, says leading scientist
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-55121602
Original source can be found here.
Alerts Sign-up