Dallas continues its upward trend on Covid-19 cases, shattering hospitalizations record in Dallas County according to a Dallas Morning News article from December 31st. In it they say:

“The latest Dallas County victims included nine Dallas residents: a man in his 30s, two men in their 40s, a man in his 60s, two men and a woman in their 70s, and a man and a woman in their 80s. All had been hospitalized, and all except the woman in her 80s had underlying health conditions. A Dallas woman in her 50s died at home and had underlying health conditions. Two Garland residents were among the dead: an 18-year-old man and a woman in her 60s who each had been hospitalized in critically ill condition. The man had underlying chronic medical conditions; the woman did not. The remaining victims were a Mesquite woman in her 50s, a Carrollton man in his 60s, a Richardson man in his 70s and a Hutchins man in his 70s. All had been critically ill in the hospital and had underlying health conditions. Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins said COVID-19 hospitalizations are at a record high while the availability of ICU beds in the county is at a record low.”

         In fact, flights were delayed in Dallas because of a positive case at an FAA facility according to an NBC News article from January 5th. In it they say:

“Airspace around the Dallas-Fort Worth airport, one of the nation’s busiest, was closed Monday after a controller tested positive for Covid-19. The airport’s Terminal Radar Approach Control Facility was cleaned after a controller tested positive, the Federal Aviation Administration said. The center handles inbound and outbound air traffic at the airport and others, and controllers there were working out of DFW’s center tower, the agency said. The FAA’s website had listed a ground stop around 6:30 p.m., and it was lifted about an hour and a half later, the airport said.”

         Just goes to show, all it takes is one case for whole operation chains to grind to a halt no matter for how short.