Three more Hidalgo County residents died due from complications related to COVID-19, while 179 people tested positive, according to a news release issued by the county.
The three individuals were all Mission residents — a woman in her 40s, a woman over 70, and a man over 70.
Their deaths bring the total number of COVID-19 related fatalities in Hidalgo County to 2,754.
Of the 179 new cases, 41 are confirmed cases, 115 are probable, and 23 are suspected. SInce the start of the pandemic, there have been 56,115 confirmed cases in the county, 29,983 probable cases, and 1,362 suspected cases.
Currently, 2,096 cases in the county are considered active.
The county also reported there are 116 COVID-19 patients admitted at local hospitals, while 42 of them are being treated in an intensive care unit.
