Three more Rio Grande Valley residents were lost to COVID-19 and 185 more tested positive, according to data from the state and from county officials.
An Edinburg woman in her 60s, a Brownsville woman in her 50s and a Harlingen woman in her 60s were among the recently deceased due to complications related to COVID-19.
The total number of COVID-19 related deaths in Hidalgo County is now at 2,912 since the start of the pandemic, according to a news release issued by the county which reported that another 45 people tested positive.
Of the 45 new cases, 13 are confirmed, 19 are probable, and 13 are suspected cases.
That brings the total number of cases to 93,640, of which 61,023 were confirmed cases, 30,381 were probable cases, and 2,236 were suspected cases.
Currently, 514 cases are considered active.
In hospitals throughout the county, there are 53 people hospitalized due to COVID-19 and, of those, 21 patients are being treated in intensive care units.
The two additional deaths in Cameron County raises the COVID-19 death toll to 1,693.
Officials there also reported 130 new confirmed cases which raises their total number of confirmed cases to 42,530 of which 2,628 are currently active.
In Starr County, there was one new confirmed case and two new probable cases were reported there, according to data from the Texas Department of State Health Services.
The total number of confirmed cases in Starr County is now up to 7,899 and the number of probable cases is up to 1,681. There are currently an estimated 37 active cases.
There have been a total of 304 COVID-19 related deaths in Starr County.
Willacy County reported seven new confirmed cases on Tuesday for a total of 2,968 confirmed cases there. Additionally, the county has a total of 245 probable cases.
Currently, there are an estimated 86 active cases there, according to DSHS data. The total number of COVID-related deaths among Willacy County residents remains at 92.
