News Flash

For the week of Saturday, May 14, through Friday, May 20, Denton County Public Health (DCPH) confirmed 679 new cases of COVID-19, 339 recoveries, and four COVID-19 deaths, resulting in 344 more active cases. 

Denton County remains at a low COVID-19 community level, based on new COVID-19 hospital admissions, existing inpatient beds occupied by COVID-19 patients, and new COVID-19 case rates in Denton County, with data available at dentoncounty.gov/COVIDstats. DCPH also provides daily COVID-19 updates, including detailed data for cases, recoveries, and jurisdictions online. 

COVID-19 deaths can be reported several days to several months after the date of death, due to various reporting agencies and medical records review. Please visit dentoncounty.gov/COVIDstats for an in-depth chart displaying dates of death and date of DCPH report.  

To minimize spread of COVID-19, DCPH urges community members to:

• Get vaccinated and boosted when eligible
• Test five days after exposure or if you have symptoms of COVID-19
• Isolate, quarantine, and wear a mask when recommended

Additional COVID-19 information is available at the following websites: 

• DCPH vaccines: dentoncounty.gov/COVID19vaccine 
• DCPH testing: dentoncounty.gov/COVID19testing  
• Texas DSHS test positivity rate, on testing data tab: arcgis.com/apps/dashboards/2f65350877c548f395f2ab673b7bf009 
• CDC isolation and quarantine guidance: cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/your-health/quarantine-isolation.html 
• CDC prevention steps based on COVID-19 community levels: cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/science/community-levels.html