Dallas County reports 9 new coronavirus cases, bringing total to 28; governor activates National Guard - The Dallas Morning News

Updated at 3:10 p.m.: Revised to reflect new Denton County case, details about Dallas County cases.

Dallas County reported nine more cases of the new coronavirus Tuesday morning, bringing its total to 28.

The cases include two women in their 20s, a man in his 30s, a man and a woman in their 40s, two women in their 50s, a man in his 60s and a woman in her 70s.

Five of the patients are hospitalized, including three who are in critical-care units, health officials said. The other four are self-isolating.

The three patients in critical care are in their 20s, 30s and 60s, the county said Tuesday afternoon.

Eight of the patients are Dallas residents, and the ninth lives in Irving.

Three of them are close contacts of another person who is confirmed to have COVID-19, and one case is related to recent travel abroad. But the five others were likely infected through community spread, health authorities said.

Of the 28 total cases, four are out-of-county residents and won’t be reflected in data posted on the Dallas County Health and Human Services website.

New Tarrant County case

Tarrant County reported its sixth positive case of the new coronavirus Tuesday — the first apparent case of community spread in the county.

The patient is a Grand Prairie resident who had not traveled recently and no known exposure to another reported case of COVID-19, health officials said. Because of this, officials say it’s a presumptive case of local transmission of the virus.

The patient has been in isolation at home since developing symptoms, according to Tarrant County Public Health Director Vinny Taneja, who declined to provide more details about the patient, citing privacy laws.

Second Denton County case

Denton County said its second case of the virus, which was confirmed Tuesday, was travel related.

The patient is a female Prosper resident in her 50s and is isolated at home, officials said.

Health officials were working to identify and notify anyone who may have been exposed to the virus through contact with the woman.

National Guard activated

Gov. Greg Abbott activated the Texas National Guard on Tuesday to respond to coronavirus, but no personnel need to be deployed at this time, he said.

“We just want to make sure we have activated them; they know they are going to be activated,” he said.

Health-care workers and first responders are excluded from the activation.

Abbott said 1,264 Texans have been tested for the virus. FEMA is sending 15,000 test kits to the state that will be used by the federal agency, public-health authorities and hospitals, he said.

McKinney updates ban

In McKinney, the mayor updated his declaration of local disaster to ban gatherings of more than 10 people. The change goes into effect at midnight, according to a tweet from the city Tuesday morning.

Initially, the mayor’s declaration banned gatherings of more than 50 people.

Mayor George Fuller also announced that beginning Tuesday the city would require restaurants to limit patron occupancy by 50%. McKinney will ban dine-in service at restaurants beginning Friday, he said in a Facebook post.

Fuller said the city was providing notice so restaurants that are not equipped to handle takeout service had a chance to get ready.

“This is a very difficult decision, as I realize many small businesses will be financially impacted,” he said. “Though as we all agree, community health and well-being must be our overriding guiding principle.”

The mayor said he would recommend that the City Council keep those restrictions in place until March 31 and re-evaluate at that time.

Staff writer Allie Morris contributed to this report.

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