Cameron County reports 4 virus deaths

Four more Cameron County residents have died from COVID-19 related causes, the county health department reported Tuesday.

The deaths were reported in Brownsville, Harlingen and La Feria and included a man in his 50s, a man in his 70s and two people in their 80s, the health department said.

This raises the total number of coronavirus-related deaths in Cameron County to 1,168, Cameron County Public Health said in a statement.

Also Tuesday, the health department said it has received confirmation on an additional 127 COVID-19 cases here, raising the total number of cases to 28,740.

New cases were reported in Brownsville, Harlingen, La Feria, Laguna Heights, Laguna Vista, Los Fresnos, Los Indios, Port Isabel, Primera, San Benito, Santa Rosa and South Padre Island.

The new cases include six children ages 9 and younger, 22 people ages 10 to 19, 27 people in their 20s, 16 people in their 30s, 17 people in their 40s, 16 people in their 50s, 12 people in their 60s, 10 people in their 70s and one person in his 90s, the health department said.

There have also been an additional 140 individuals who have recovered, raising the total number of recovered individuals to 24,947.

As part of the COVID-19 action response plan, Cameron County Public Health is conducting epidemiological investigations, contact tracing as needed and continues to monitor the situation, the health department said in the statement.