Four residents of Dawson County have been confirmed with COVID-19 during the past week but the number of active cases here has dropped since last Wednesday. The South Plains Public Health District was reporting on Wednesday that the total number of COVID-19 cases here stands at 1,715 as of Monday. That is up from a total of 1,711 being reported on Wednesday of last week. Only five new cases have been reported here in the past two weeks. The health district’s webite is showing only 8 active cases of the virus in Dawson County as of Monday, down from 12 reported at the ...