789 coronavirus cases and 25 deaths reported

Dallas County Health and Human Services reported 789 coronavirus cases and 25 deaths Wednesday.

In this way, the pandemic reaches 243,847 cases and 2,899 people have died from covid-19.

The average every seven days is found in 657 cases with a contagion rate of 24.9 per 100,000 inhabitants.

In terms of hospitalizations, there were 548 covid-19 patients in intensive care as of Tuesday and 438 people went to emergency rooms in the last 24 hours with symptoms of covid-19.

According to UT Southwestern forecasts, it is estimated that there will be between 420 and 680 people hospitalized by February 26 with around 1,000 cases daily.

“The numbers are hopefully returning to a more normal picture after several days of artificially low numbers due to a lack of evidence and reporting, due to last week’s winter storm,” said County Judge Clay Jenkins.

Jenkins also announced that on Wednesday the vaccination program with FEMA began with which it is expected to vaccinate 3,000 people daily with the Pfizer vaccine.

Also, Fair Park is still giving second doses of Moderna to people who had been vaccinated before February 17 for the first time.

On Wednesday, the FDA also gave the green light to Johnson & Johnson’s one-dose vaccine that could arrive in North Texas next month.