Nine more Cameron County residents have died from COVID-19 related causes, the county health department reported Thursday.
Five deaths were reported in Harlingen, two in San Benito and one each in La Feria and Santa Rosa, Cameron County Public Health said in a statement Thursday.
The individuals included a man in his 40s, two people in their 50s, three people in their 60s, two people in their 70s and a man in his 80s, the health department said.
This raises the total number of coronavirus-related deaths in Cameron County to 1,481, the health department said.
Also Thursday, the health department said it has received confirmation on an additional 29 COVID-19 cases here, raising the total number of cases reported in Cameron County to 37,166.
The new cases include one child who is 9 years old or younger, nine people ages 10 to 19, one man in his 20s, six people in their 30s, three people in their 40s, two people in their 50s, six people in their 70s and one man in his 80s, the health department said.
New cases were reported in Brownsville, Harlingen, Los Fresnos, Primera, San Benito and South Padre Island, the health department said.
There have also been an additional 126 individuals who have recovered, raising the total number of recovered individuals to 31,433.
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.
