Two more Cameron County residents have died from COVID-19 related causes, the county health department reported Thursday.
One death was reported in Harlingen and another in Port Isabel, Cameron County Public Health reported in a statement Thursday night.
One individual was a man in his 50s and the other was a woman in her 80s, the health department said.
This raises the total number of coronavirus-related deaths reported in Cameron County to 1,554, the health department said.
Also Thursday, the health department said it has received confirmation on an additional 24 COVID-19 cases here, raising the total number of cases reported in Cameron County to 38,080.
The new cases include two children ages 9 or younger, three people ages 10 to 19, five people in their 20s, six people in their 30s, one person in his 40s, five people in their 50s, one person in his 60s and one person in her 70s, the health department said.
New cases were reported in Brownsville, Harlingen, San Benito and South Padre Island, the health department said.
There have also been an additional 176 individuals who have recovered, raising the total number of recovered individuals to 34,405.
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.
