New COVID-19 cases here are down sharply from a weekly ago but health officials are reporting yet another Dawson County resident has died as a result of the coronavirus.Friday’s update from the South Plains Public Health District reports 72 new COVID cases here since Tuesday.That number is just a little more than half the 135 cases reported during the same three-day period the previous week.A similar trend is being seen across the five-county district, as the 198 total active cases reported Friday compared to 368 active cases a week earlier.Friday’s report shows 87 deaths of Dawson County residents have now ...