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Coronavirus

COVID-19 Bulletin (12/21/20)

New cases were down a bit over the weekend, but there were 30 COVID-19 deaths on Sunday.
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Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins reported 1,143 new cases on Sunday, along with 30 deaths.


The number of average new cases, hospitalizations, and average new deaths have all increased since last week, as 9,800 people in Texas are hospitalized with COVID-19. The Texas Tribune has more.


On KERA, “Think” with Krys Boyd spoke with Jennifer Nuzzo, senior scholar at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security and senior fellow for Global Health at the Council on Foreign Relations about how to prepare for the next pandemic. 


Dallas and Tarrant counties will receive 50,000 more doses of the COVID-19 vaccine this week, but it will still be months before the average person receives their vaccination, WFAA reports. COVID

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