The good news is that only two new confirmed cases of COVID-19 among Dawson County residents were reported to health authorities on Wednesday. The bad news came just a day later when no less than 17 new cases were added to the total being tallied by the South Plains Public Health District. Dawson County has now had 335 residents confirmed with the novel coronavirus since the first case here was reported in late March. Most of those cases have come during the past three months. The county had recorded only 35 cases, and had gone more than three weeks without a single new ...