MONDAY, APRIL 12: Nearly 70,000 people have contracted COVID-19 in East Texas; death toll passes 1,700

SMITH COUNTY, Texas — As of Monday, April 12, at 9 a.m. 66,423 people have contracted COVID-19 in East Texas since the pandemic began.

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Of that total number, 41,013 patients have recovered and 1,775 patients have died from coronavirus-related complications.

EDITOR'S NOTE: Some counties are not reporting recoveries or are reporting them irregularly. This could also be due to people who test positive not retesting to show they're negative for COVID-19 after they recover.

Below is a full list of COVID-19 stats in East Texas:

• Anderson County - 4,788, 2,365 recoveries, 73 deaths
• Angelina County - 4,564, 1,769 recoveries, 108 deaths
• Bowie County -  4,513, 664 recoveries, 108 deaths 
• Camp County -  790, 180 recoveries, 16 deaths
• Cass County - 1,114, 455 recoveries, 39 deaths
• Cherokee County - 2,218 , 853 recoveries, 67deaths
• Franklin County -  480, 75 recoveries, 11 deaths
• Gregg County -  6,044, 5,822 recoveries, 196 deaths
• Harrison County - 2,326, 1,927 recoveries, 70 deaths
• Henderson County - 3,825, 3,649 recoveries, 110 deaths
• Hopkins County -  1,500, 149 recoveries, 60 deaths 
• Houston County - 856, 299 recoveries, 17 deaths
• Lamar County - 2,787, 509 recoveries, 75 deaths
• Marion County - 335, 342 recoveries, 20 deaths
• Morris County - 562, 175 recoveries, 3 deaths
• Nacogdoches County -  3,119, 1,750 recoveries, 89 deaths
• Panola County - 937, 257 recoveries, 36 deaths
• Polk County -   1,350, 680 recoveries, 43 deaths
• Rains County - 397, 377 recoveries, 19 deaths
• Rusk County -   2,088, 675 recoveries, 38 deaths
• Sabine County - 275, 6 recoveries, 11 deaths
• San Augustine County- 324, 154 recoveries, 19 deaths
• Shelby County - 866, 351 recoveries, 37 deaths
• Smith County - 11,428,11,461, 10,834 recoveries, 287 deaths
• Titus County -  2,642, 1,282 recoveries, 42 deaths
• Trinity County - 468, 445 recoveries, 9 deaths
• Upshur County -  1,277, 436 recoveries, 24 deaths
• Van Zandt County - 2,582, 2,450 recoveries, 69 deaths
• Wood County - 1,948, 1,821 recoveries, 82 deaths

Numbers are determined by respective county officials and the Texas Department of State Health Services.

The CDC recommends the following to help protect yourself:

1. Washing hands 
2. Avoid close contact
3. Distance self between other people
4. Stay home
5. Cover mouth and nose when sneezing or coughing
6. Throw away used tissues

For more information on the coronavirus, text "FACTS" to (903) 600-2600.

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