Three more Cameron County residents have died from COVID-19 related causes, the county health department reported Wednesday night.
One death was reported in Brownsville, one in San Benito and one in Santa Rosa, Cameron County Public Health said in a statement Wednesday.
One person was in his 30s and two people were in their 70s, the health department said.
This raises the total number of coronavirus-related deaths reported in Cameron County to 1,568, the health department said.
Also Wednesday, the health department said it has received confirmation on an additional 27 COVID-19 cases here, raising the total number of cases reported in Cameron County to 38,282.
The new cases include two people in the age group of 10 to 19 years old, seven people in their 20s, six people in their 30s, five people in their 40s, four people in their 50s, two people in their 60s and one person in her 80s, the health department said.
New cases were reported in Brownsville, Harlingen, Los Fresnos, Olmito, Rancho Viejo, Rio Hondo, San Benito and South Padre Island, the health department said.
There have also been an additional 297 individuals who have recovered, raising the total number of recovered individuals to 35,300.
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.
