Coronavirus In Dallas County: Visitors, Employees At Essential Businesses Will Be Required To Cover Faces, Judge Says

April 16, 2020 at 12:43 pm

Filed Under: Coronavirus, Covid-19, Dallas, Dallas County, DFW News, face masks, Health, North Texas

DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – As Dallas County crosses the 2,000 mark of confirmed coronavirus cases, officials will be requiring visitors and employees at essential businesses to cover their faces, Judge Clay Jenkins announced Thursday.

County officials announced 80 more positive COVID-19 cases, bringing to the total to 2,066. There are also now 50 deaths from the coronavirus in the county after officials reported seven more Thursday.

All seven of the new deaths were patients who had been hospitalized. Three of them were residents at long-term care facilities in Dallas.

Along with an update to the cases and deaths, Jenkins also tweeted that residents who visit essential businesses, employees of those businesses and riders of public transportation will be required to wear some type of covering on their face.