Updated on February 22, 2021 at 4:52 pm
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Denton County Public Health reports 16 COVID-19 deaths and an additional 991 new cases of the virus Monday, their first report in more than a week after being delayed during last week s winter storms.
The county said the latest deaths included the following victims:
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A male over 80 who was a resident of Lewisville
A male over 80 who was a resident of Inspired Living in Lewisville
A female over 80 who was a resident of Autumn Leaves of North Carrollton at Castle Hills
Updated on February 12, 2021 at 11:49 pm
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Denton County Public Health reports eight more COVID-19 deaths and an additional 529 new cases of the virus Friday while adding there are only seven available ICU beds in the county.
The county said the latest deaths included the following victims:
A female over 80 who was a resident of Prairie Estates in Frisco
A male in his 70s who was a resident of Prairie Estates in Frisco
A male over 80 who was a resident of Autumn Leaves of Carrollton
A female in her 70s who was a resident of Corinth
A male over 80 who was a resident of Hollymead in Flower Mound
and 6 from neighboring Oklahoma
As I said, eleven people out of more than 9,000 obviously isn’t an army, but this phenomenon is being reported at vaccination sites across the state and they do add up after a while. Karen Kaiser, the nurse quoted in the CBS report, isn’t making a big deal about it. She’s quoted as saying, “
This is really no time to be the vaccine police.”
I suppose that’s a healthy and generous attitude to have, providing the centers aren’t running out of doses for residents. But the entire strategy of vaccine distribution from the beginning was based on allocations to the states based on population. Texas is getting more doses of the vaccines than all but a few states, but that’s because they’ve got so many more people to vaccinate.
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Denton County is preparing for what’s said to be the largest vaccination drive-thru clinics in the state, and even in the country. It opens Tuesday at Texas.