May 31, 2020 – According to the dashboard from Texas Department of State Health Services, Ellis County has 85 active cases as of 5/30/2020 at 5:20 PM. They also report a total of 210 recoveries with 5,131 COVID-19 tests being conducted. Other than the number of tests conducted, there’s a discrepancy in the number of active cases and recovered cases as reported by Ellis County.
From Ellis County Press Release: The Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) has notified the Ellis County Local Health Authority of eight additional confirmed positive cases of COVID-19 and five recoveries.
This increases the countywide total to 343 cases of COVID-19, including 290 recoveries.
These additional cases of COVID-19 include:
Ennis-
21 year-old female
26 year-old male
Ferris-
20 year-old male
Glenn Heights-
55 year-old female
Red Oak-
33 year-old male, 9 year-old female, and 3 year-old female (of the same residence)
Waxahachie-
25 year-old female
As of today, DSHS has reported 5,131 tests administered in Ellis County. These updates can be found on
their website at https://www.dshs.texas.gov/coronavirus/additionaldata/.
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