Tracking COVID-19: Dallas County reports more than 1,600 new cases of coronavirus Aug. 26

As of Aug. 25, 19.91% of the hospital beds in Trauma Service Area E, which consists of 19 counties in North Texas including Collin and Dallas counties, were occupied by confirmed COVID-19 patients, according to the DSHS dashboard. That is a more than 175% increase from the 7.23% of hospital beds occupied by confirmed COVID-19 patients on July 25.

The DSHS COVID-19 vaccination dashboard shows a combined estimate of nearly 1.8 million people in the two counties are reported as being fully vaccinated. DSHS estimates show there are more than 2.8 million residents age 16 and older in Collin and Dallas counties, although vaccine appointments are not limited to county residents.

Nearly 29 million doses have been administered across Texas, and more than 13 million people have been fully vaccinated since manufacturers began shipping vials to the state in December, according to the DSHS dashboard.

The majority of the estimated population in two of the three main ZIP codes in Richardson have been fully vaccinated, according to totals from DSHS.

The 75082 ZIP code has the highest percentage of fully vaccinated residents with nearly 72%, based on the population estimate from the 2019 U.S. Census Bureau Annual Community Survey results. The 75080 ZIP code has the lowest percentage of fully vaccinated residents with a little more than 49% of the estimated population.

In Richardson ISD, 276 students and 87 employees have been diagnosed since Aug. 2, according to the district’s dashboard, which was reactivated for the current school year. Of cases confirmed in RISD, 162 students and 34 employees still had the virus as of Aug. 26

In Plano ISD, 274 students and 77 employees have been diagnosed with the virus this school year. PISD's dashboard for the 2021-22 school year launched Aug. 22 and is scheduled to be updated on Tuesdays, when school is in session, with data from the previous week.

Dallas County residents can register for the COVID-19 vaccine with Dallas County Health and Human Services here. Collin County Health Care Services announced on July 27 the creation of mobile vaccination teams. Residents can request appointments for the free shots through the service. According to a city of Richardson spokesperson, the city is not involved in vaccine distribution.

Dallas County Health and Human Services reported more than 500,000 vaccinations have been administered at the Fair Park mega vaccine clinic since the site began operations Jan. 11.

Collin County announced in August 2020 that it would no longer report city-specific information. The city of Richardson does not regularly report its own case numbers; however, Dallas County’s COVID-19 analytics dashboard shows there have been more than 8,000 confirmed coronavirus cases in that county’s portion of Richardson.