Hospitalizations from the coronavirus have continued to fall in Denton County as health officials work to inoculate more than 100,000 at-risk people who are still waiting their turn for a vaccine.
The number of patients with COVID-19 in Denton County hospitals has dropped by more than half since the peak in mid-January, according to the county’s COVID-19 dashboard. Hospitals reported treating 107 people with the disease March 1, down from 224 at the highest point.
Although the number was trending downward, hospitalizations were still about as high throughout the county as they were at their previous peak last summer. Nearly 12,000 people in Denton County were known to have an active case of the virus as of March 1.
Director of Public Health Matt Richardson said the declining number of hospitalizations was good news as officials continue to administer thousands of vaccines a day at mass clinics.
