Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins clarified Friday afternoon that his Safer-at-Home order is in effect until April 30 -- this after the commissioner's court approved an extension of the county's disaster declaration until May 20 earlier in the day leading to confusion about how long the stay at home order would remain in effect.

According to members of the commissioner's court Friday morning, the extension of both the disaster declaration and Safer-at-Home order were approved until May 20. The vote to approve the extension of the disaster declaration was made Friday morning during a special meeting of the Dallas County Commissioner's Court in which Jenkins shared several COVID-19 projection models (see them at the bottom of the article) showing a surge of cases was expected to peak in the county on April 20.

Friday afternoon on Twitter, Jenkins clarified that the Safer-at-Home orders and the Disaster Declaration are separate documents and that the commissioner's court approved the extension to the Disaster Declaration, but that it was up to him to determine the effective dates of his Safer-at-Home order.

On Twitter, Jenkins said the Safer-at-Home order will now run through April 30. Jenkins added that he has the authority to extend the Safer-at-Home order until May 20 if needed, since the disaster declaration had been approved until that date.

Based on the extension of the Declaration of Disaster granted today, I am extending the Dallas County Safer at Home Order to April 30. The Declaration of Disaster is necessary to provide the tools to lead you through this. The Safer at Home Orders are the rules we ask of you. — Clay Jenkins (@JudgeClayJ) April 3, 2020

Our partners at The Dallas Morning News described Friday's special meeting of the Dallas County Commissioner's Court as "tense" and "punctuated by debates over hospital readiness, the cost of coronavirus pandemic and how best to help the region's most vulnerable."

County Commissioner John Wiley Price, who represents southern Dallas, was the lone vote against the plan saying the restrictions that are currently in place are "choking" his constituents and urged the court to allow pawn shops to open as an essential business so that people could get quick access to cash.

“We’re going to just kill off an entire community in the next 60 days.” Price said. “Pick our poison. We either go with COVID-19 and die or we just economically die.”

Business is barely hanging on at Bryan Street Tavern in Dallas.

Owner Joe Hinkson said he's lost more than 90% of his business.

"I’m livid," Hinkson said. "A bar has a short shelf life typically and to survive and prosper and grow in the 10-year period, and be open for 11 years and have something like this happen."

He said he hoped federal funding helps bring business back to life when he fully reopens.

Jenkins' original disaster declaration order, DallasNews reported, was amended Friday morning to instruct him to find new ways to provide services to the county without contributing further to the spread of the virus.

Thank you @elbagarcia @TMD_DallasComm @JJKoch for extending the declaration until May 20th. Your decision to put public health first sends a strong message to healthcare heroes and residents. We will continue to work with you, the business community and residents to save lives. — Clay Jenkins (@JudgeClayJ) April 3, 2020

Since reporting their first two cases on March 10, Dallas County has grown to 921 positive cases through Friday, with 290 positive cases added in the last three days alone. Since March 10, the county has recorded 17 deaths associated with COVID-19 infection.

*Map locations are approximate, central locations for the city and are not meant to indicate where actual infected people live.

**County totals below include all 32 North Texas counties, not just Collin, Dallas, Denton and Tarrant.

Commissioner's Court Presentation

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NBC 5's Ken Kalthoff and Meredith Yeomans contributed to this article.