‘Not under control’: COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations surge in North Texas Daily case and hospitalization totals are reaching levels not seen since February and March. 6:40 PM on Jul 19, 2021 CDT Coronavirus cases and hospitalizations continue to rise across Dallas-Fort Worth and the state — with some metrics spiking to levels not seen since winter. On Monday, Dallas County reported 406 new COVID-19 cases. On Saturday, Tarrant County reported 966. Both numbers were the largest one-day totals in the counties since February. Dallas County has averaged 213 new cases per day over the past two weeks, more than double the 97 it averaged during the previous two-week period.