Dallas County ended its deadliest week with nine new COVID-19 deaths and 1,031 new cases of coronavirus. The county reported 74 fatalities on the week, up sharply from a then-record 54 deaths the week before.

The new cases bring Dallas’ total case count to 40,222, including 523 deaths.

“All this is strong indication that you should wear a mask when outside your home and avoid any business where masks are not being worn 100% of the time,” Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins tweeted Saturday evening. “It’s up to all of us to #FlattenTheCurve, and the best way to do that is to limit trips outside the home to absolute necessities and always wear a mask.”

The nine deaths include:

• Five Dallas men — on in his 30s, one in his 50s, two in their 70s and one in his 80s — who all had underlying health conditions and died while hospitalized.
• A man in his 60s who was an inmate at a correctional facility, had underlying health conditions and died in a hospital.
• Two Mesquite residents — a man and a woman, both in their 70s — who had underlying health conditions and died while hospitalized.
• A Richardson woman in her 90′s who had underlying health conditions and died in a hospital.

Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson announced Saturday that 70% of the city’s hospital beds and 71% of its ICU beds are occupied, while 40% of ventilators are in use. In the city’s 25 hospitals, 1,812 beds, 267 ICU beds and 588 ventilators remain unoccupied.

Bad day for state

As Dallas County continues to pile up grim numbers, so does Texas as a whole. Texas reported 130 deaths on Saturday, it’s second-highest one-day death toll and the fifth time in 10 days that it has topped 100 deaths, having first done so on July 9.

The state also reported 10,158 new coronavirus cases, the seventh time in 12 days that it has topped 10,000 cases, having first done so July 7.

Texas had recorded 317,730 coronavirus cases and 3,865 COVID-19 fatalities as of Saturday.

According to the state dashboard, it took 84 days for Texas to reach a one-day hospitalizations total above 5,000. It took only 14 days to hit its first one-day total over 10,000.

While hospitalizations remained in the 5,000s for four days, in the 6,000s for two days, in the 7,000s for three days, the 8,000s for two days and the 9,000s for three days, statewide hospitalizations have remained in the 10,000s for nine days. The two highest one-day totals, however, occurred Friday and Saturday.

Across the state on Saturday, 966 intensive-case unit beds were available and 10,831 hospital beds overall.

Tarrant CountFive more COVID-19 deaths were reported in Tarrant County on Saturday, bringing the county’s death total to 293.

The county also reported 288 more coronavirus cases, bringing its total to 21,195, or about 10.1 cases for every 1,000 residents. There have been 10,382 recoveries, and 698 people are hospitalized with the virus, according to the county’s data.

Collin County

Collin County health officials reported 137 new cases of the virus Saturday, bringing its case total to 5,291, or about 5.1 cases for every 1,000 residents.

There have been 4,347 recoveries, and 182 people are hospitalized, according to the county’s data.

No new deaths were reported Saturday. The county’s death toll stands at 64.

Denton County

Denton County reported 122 new coronavirus cases Saturday, bringing its case total to 4,887 cases, or about 5.5 cases for every 1,000 residents.

County health officials also said 77 more people have recovered from the virus, bringing the total number of recoveries to 2,687.

There were no new deaths reported, leaving the county’s death total at 42.

Other counties

Case reporting for several North Texas counties has been taken over by the Texas Department of State Health Services. The latest numbers are:

Rockwall County: 566 cases, 17 deaths.

Kaufman County: 1,222 cases, five deaths.

Ellis County: 1,972 cases, 21 deaths.

Johnson County: 985 cases, six deaths.