Ten more Hidalgo County residents have died due to COVID-19 and 511 have tested positive for the disease, the county reported Friday in a news release.
The deceased individuals, all of whom were 50 or older, raise the total number of deaths in the county to 2,293.
Of the 511 new cases reported in the county, 391 cases are confirmed and 111 are considered probable, while nine are suspected cases.
Confirmed cases are those collected from PCR tests while probable cases are collected from antigen tests. Suspected cases are gathered from positive antibody tests.
Since the start of the pandemic, the county has had 39,835 total confirmed cases, 16,620 probable cases and 882 suspected cases.
Currently, 2,136 cases are considered active.
Additionally, the county reported there were 395 COVID-19 cases in hospitals throughout the county and 138 of those patients were being treated in an intensive care unit.
