Dawson County has had a second death attributed to the COVID-19 virus but details remained somewhat scarce as of Friday evening.
The number of Dawson County deaths from the novel coronavirus jumped from one – a death from the initial case reported here in late March – to two in an overnight update which appeared on the South Plains Public Health District’s website Thursday morning.
Zack Holbrooks, the district’s executive director, told the Press-Reporter on Friday evening that the latest death was a female in the 80-89 age range.
She was tested and confirmed with the virus on July 10, Holbrooks said.
He said ...