There were 11 COVID-related deaths reported throughout the Rio Grande Valley Wednesday.
Hidalgo County reported eight deaths and 412 additional positive cases of the virus Wednesday morning.
The deaths include a Donna man in his 40s, a McAllen man over the age of 70, a man in his 30s and two women in their 40s from Edinburg, a man in his 20s and a woman over the age of 70 from Mission, and a man in his 20s from an undisclosed location.
The eight deaths raised the county’s COVID-19 death toll to 3,015.
The 412 positive cases include 123 confirmed cases, 286 probable cases, and three suspect cases. The county has had a total of 104,685 positive cases, including 64,860 confirmed, 37,553 probable, and 2,272 suspected.
As of Wednesday morning, there were 490 people in county hospitals with the virus, including 425 adults and 65 children, and 120 of them were in intensive care units, including 114 adults and six children.
Those under 19 years old accounted for more than 15% of all patients.
The county also reported 599 people were released from isolation Wednesday, raising that total to 97,854. The county has 3,816 net active cases.
Hidalgo County has administered a total of 594,407 COVID-19 tests, and 488,908 of those tests had negative results. There were 11 school district staff and 14 students who tested positive for the virus Wednesday.
Cameron County reported three additional COVID-19 related deaths and 130 confirmed cases of the virus Wednesday.
The three deaths include a woman over the age of 90 from Harlingen, a man in his 60s from Rio Hondo and a woman in her 50s from San Benito. Wednesday’s reported deaths raise the county’s death toll to 1,742.
Of the 130 new cases reported Wednesday, 29 came from people in the county’s unaccompanied minor shelters and detention centers in Brownsville and Los Fresnos.
The new cases raise the county’s total number of confirmed cases to 47,461. The county also reported that an additional 328 people recovered from the virus, raising that total to 42,940.
As of Wednesday, 71.37% of Cameron County’s population ages 12 and older have been fully vaccinated, and 86.42% have received at least one dose. The county also reported that 82.82% of the population ages 65 and older have been fully vaccinated, and 91.42% have received at least one dose.
