Clay Jenkins Lowers Dallas County COVID-19 Threat Level to Yellow as Metrics Improve

Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins said Wednesday afternoon that the county’s public health committee had lowered its COVID-19 threat level from orange to yellow, which advises residents to “proceed carefully.”

Jenkins said that the latest metrics showed that the coronavirus was creating less pressure on the county’s health care system, including fewer cases and hospitalizations.

But Jenkins urged people to continue taking precautions against spreading the virus.

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