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DENTON COUNTY (Texas Tribune) More than 30 additional cases of COVID-19 have been reported at the Denton State Supported Living Center, Denton County Judge Andy Eads said Friday.

During a live-streamed update Friday afternoon Eads said an additional 31 patients or residents were stricken with the virus that causes the COVID-19 disease. One employee who doesn’t reside in the county is also infected. The new cases bring the new total for the facility to 39, according to The Dallas Morning News.

The center serves more than 400 people with disabilities and it employees about 1,400 staff members.

That new caseload brings Denton County's total to 137 cases, the judge said. They include infections in the previously unaffected municipalities of Argyle, Corinth, Roanoke and Krum.

The Denton State Supported Living Center in Denton on March 22, 2020. Photo credit: Cooper Neill for The Texas Tribune