Denton County Government: Denton County Weekly COVID-19 Update

Plano TX

29 May, 2022

4:23 AM

Description

Press release from the Denton County Government: May 20, 2022 For the week of Saturday, May 14, through Friday, May 20, Denton County Public Health (DCPH) confirmed 679 new cases of COVID-19, 339 recoveries, and four COVID-19 deaths, resulting in 344 more active cases. Denton County remains at a low COVID-19 community level, based on new COVID-19 hospital admissions, existing inpatient beds occupied by COVID-19 patients, and new COVID-19 case rates in Denton County, with data available at dentoncounty.gov/COVIDstats. DCPH also provides daily COVID-19 updates, including detailed data for cases, recoveries, and jurisdictions online. COVID-19 deaths can be reported several days to several months after the date of death, due to various reporting agencies and medical records review. Please visit dentoncounty.gov/COVIDstats for an in-depth chart displaying dates of death and date of DCPH report. To minimize spread of COVID-19, DCPH urges community members to: Get vaccinated and boosted when eligible Test five days after exposure or if you have symptoms of COVID-19 Isolate, quarantine, and wear a mask when recommended Additional COVID-19 information is available at the following websites: DCPH vaccines: dentoncounty.gov/COVID19vaccine DCPH testing: dentoncounty.gov/COVID19testing Texas DSHS test positivity rate, on testing data tab: arcgis.com/apps/dashboards/2f65350877c548f395f2ab673b7bf009 CDC isolation and quarantine guidance: cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/your-health/quarantine-isolation.html CDC prevention steps based on COVID-19 community levels: cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/science/community-levels.html This press release was produced by the Denton County Government. The views expressed here are the author's own.