Health & Fitness
High Transmission Risk Leads Dallas County To Raise COVID Threat Level To Red
In a unanimous decision made by a health committee of doctors and health experts, the COVID threat is RED, the highest level possible.
August 4, 2021
A big announcement overnight out of Dallas County.
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In a unanimous decision, made by a public health committee consisting of an independent board of doctors and health experts, the COVID threat level in the county has been raised back to ‘red’ — the highest level possible.
Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins released some concerning new numbers overnight showing that there’s been a 189% increase in cases in the past two weeks. Jenkins said COVID-related hospitalizations in North Texas are also up more than 300% since the end of June.
Find out what's happening in Dallasfor free with the latest updates from Patch.
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