Three more Cameron County residents have died from COVID-19 related causes, the county health department reported Friday.
All three deaths were reported in Brownsville and include a man in his 60s, a man in his 70s and a man in his 90s, Cameron County Public Health said in a statement Friday.
This raises the total number of coronavirus-related deaths reported in Cameron County to 1,572, the health department said.
Also Friday, the health department said it has received confirmation on an additional 45 COVID-19 cases here, raising the total number of coronavirus cases reported in Cameron County to 38,357.
The new cases include one child in the age group of 9 or younger, 31 people in the age group of 10 to 19, three people in their 20s, four people in their 30s, four people in their 50s, one person in his 60s and one person in his 70s, the health department said.
New cases were reported in Brownsville, Harlingen, Los Fresnos and San Benito, the health department said.
There have also been an additional 197 individuals who have recovered, raising the total number of recovered individuals to 35,708.
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.
