Hidalgo County reported 15 COVID-19 related deaths and 315 additional positive cases of the virus Wednesday morning.
The deaths include a woman from Alamo, three women and a man from Donna, a woman and two men from Edinburg, a man from McAllen, a woman and three men from Pharr, and two men from undisclosed locations. They ranged in ages from their 30s to their 70s, according to a news release from the county.
The county’s COVID-19 related death toll rose to 3,062 with Wednesday’s reported deaths.
Wednesday’s 315 positive cases include 141 confirmed cases and 174 probable cases. The new cases were largely made up of younger people. Children in the age group of 11 and under made up the highest number of positive cases. The county reported that that age group had 61 positive cases, and children ages 12 through 19 had 49 positive cases.
Additionally, 104 of Wednesday’s reported cases were from local school districts, of which 89 were students.
The county has had a total of 106,524 positive cases, including 65,582 confirmed cases, 38,671 probable cases, and 2,271 suspect cases.
As of Wednesday morning, there were 480 people in county hospitals with the virus, including 455 adults and 25 children. There were 133 people in intensive care units, of which 129 were adults and four were children.
The county reported that an additional 396 people were released from isolation Wednesday, raising that total to 100,054. There are 3,408 net active cases in the county.
Hidalgo County has administered a total of 603,842 COVID-19 tests, and 496,520 of those tests had negative results.
Starr County reported a total of 8,401 confirmed cases of the virus there on Sunday. Wednesday, they reported 8,418 confirmed cases as of Aug. 24. According to a Facebook post, 2,016 of those cases are probable cases.
The number of active cases there increased from 401 to 408 in that timespan.
As of Aug. 24, the county has had a total of 308 COVID-19 related fatalities. The county also reported that 9,718 people have recovered from the virus.
Cameron County reported five additional COVID-19 related deaths and 90 confirmed cases Wednesday evening.
The five deaths include a Brownsville man in his 40s, a San Benito woman in her 80s, a Harlingen woman in her 70s, and a woman over the age of 90 and a man in his 70s from La Feria. The county’s COVID-19 death toll now stands at 1,759.
Wednesday’s 90 confirmed cases include 28 from unaccompanied minor shelters and detention centers from Brownsville and Los Fresnos. The county now has a total of 48,535 confirmed cases.
Additionally, the county reported that 194 people recovered from the virus, raising that total to 44,035.
As of Wednesday evening, 72.98% of the Cameron County population ages 12-years and older have been fully vaccinated, and 88.32% have received at least one dose. Additionally, 83.39% of the population ages 65-years and older have been fully vaccinated, and 91.94% have received at least one dose.
