All five people to die after testing positive for COVID-19 in Rockwall County were residents of the same long-term care facility, according to county officials.
The Rockwall County Office of Emergency Management reported Sunday the county's fifth coronavirus-related death of a resident at Broadmoor Medical Lodge.
On May 1, a county official confirmed Rockwall County's first three deaths were at the facility. The fourth was reported Wednesday and the fifth on Sunday.
Rockwall County also reported four new cases of COVID-19 Sunday -- two in Fate, one in McLendon-Chisholm and one at the Broadmoor Medical Lodge.
The county has reported 18 cases at the facility.
Tracking COVID-19 Cases in North Texas Counties
NBC 5 is tracking the number of COVID-19 related cases, recoveries and deaths in North Texas counties. Choose a county and click on a city or town to see how the coronavirus pandemic is affecting your area.
Cases are cumulative by day and are subject to change, dependent on each county health department's reporting schedule and methodology. Data may be reported county-wide, by city or town, or not at all. Cases, recoveries and death counts in 'unspecified' categories are used as placeholders and reassigned by their respective counties at a later date.
Data: County Health Departments, NBC 5 Staff
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