Hidalgo County announced 20 additional COVID-19 related deaths, raising the total number of fatalities to 849.
The news comes on the same day that 283 more people tested positive for the coronavirus, raising that total to 20,431.
Hidalgo County’s death toll from the COVID-19 pandemic reached 829 Monday evening, and data on the deaths along with observations from health authorities has painted a picture of the average virus victim in the area that can be summed up in two words: older and overweight.
Sen. John Cornyn Tuesday told Rio Grande Valley leaders he would work to continue pushing for federal dollars to fund the area’s health care and education systems until the coronavirus crisis becomes “manageable.”