A Total Of 55 Dallas Fire Rescue Firefighters Have Tested Positive For The Coronavirus
DALLAS (CBDFW.COM) — As coronavirus cases spike in Texas the number of first responders who've gotten sick is also increasing.
Officials with Dallas Fire Rescue report that as of July 4 a total of 55 firefighters and civilian employees have tested positive for COVID-19.
Of those cases, 35 have fully recovered and returned to work, and 68 are in quarantine after being exposed both while on-duty and off.
The information from the department comes as Dallas County reported more than 1,000 new cases of COVID-19 on Sunday.
Sunday's count of 1,062 brings the county's total to 25,840 -- and made it the third straight day the county saw a daily count of over 1,000.
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