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Since June 3, Galveston County has seen over 100 new cases of COVID-19, putting the total case count for the county at 994.
It is likely Galveston County will have over 1,000 cases when cases are updated the afternoon of June 8.
On June 3, the county had 876 cases. In the week since, there has been an average of over 23 new cases per day.
That said, there have been no new deaths since June 3.
At total of 38 county residents have died from the coronavirus. Another 502 have recovered, and 454 cases are active.
The case count total includes outbreaks at five nursing homes in League City, Texas City and Friendswood, accounting for 221 cases, or about 22.2% of the county's total cases.
For more data on Galveston County coronavirus cases, visit the health district's website.
