Dawson County has now seen more cases of COVID-19 confirmed in just the past three weeks than it did during the first three months after the virus was first reported here.
With 22 new cases in just the past week alone, Dawson County’s case total has now reached 92 since the first case here was confirmed in late March, according to information Wednesday morning on the South Plains Public Health District’s website.
That total is up from just 45 in late June, when Dawson County had gone for more than three weeks without any new cases.
Twenty-seven cases of COVID-19 in Dawson County ...