Patients offer tips on getting vaccinated at Fair Park, Dallas County reports one-day total of 50 deaths

Plus: A Plano teen working on COVID-19 diagnosis software earned an honor from National Geographic  02/03/2021 [🔎 Prefer the online view? It's here.](  Good evening. I'm Mallorie Sullivan and here's a roundup of today's developments about the coronavirus pandemic from North Texas and across the world. 3 things you need to know Only have a few minutes? Here's the latest. - More cases: Dallas County reported a record one-day total of 50 deaths, as well as 1,356 more cases from COVID-19. [Here's the latest from around North Texas.]( - Bring ID, come early: [Here are some tips for those scheduled for COVID-19 shots]( at Fair Park from patients who got vaccinated themselves. - 'He left me with his dream': The widow of a Victory Park restaurant owner [is fighting to keep his business open]( as the pandemic ravages the industry. [TODAY'S NUMBERS]( See every coronavirus case in Texas, county by county, on our [interactive map]( below.  CONFIRMED CASES BY COUNTY 📍Dallas: 1,356 new, 262,738 total 📍Collin: 808 new, 75,051 total  📍Tarrant: 1,625 new, 223,736 total 📍Rockwall: 9,599 total 📍Denton: 621 new, 55,363 total Note: Total case counts for Dallas, Denton and Tarrant counties include confirmed and probable cases. Probable cases refer to positive antigen, or rapid, tests which detect the proteins made by the virus that causes COVID-19.  [REGIONAL, STATE AND NATIONAL NUMBERS](  Texas 17,620 New Cases 2,433,110 Total Cases 10,827 Hospitalizations 37,288 Fatalities National 26,543,209 Cases 450,200 Fatalities  Click the image below to view every North Texas confirmed case.  Source: World numbers from the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns Hopkins, state and county numbers from the Texas Department of State Health Services and The COVID Tracking Project. Map by The Dallas Morning News team. * We are not yet including recoveries for North Texas or the state because not all counties are reporting those figures. We will continue to seek out reliable information to report. ADVERTISEMENT [LATEST COVID-19 UPDATES]( [Grapevine reimagining annual Main Street Festival one year after COVID-19 cancellation]( [Grand Prairie opens COVID-19 vaccination hub, administers entire 500 dose allocation on first day]( [Grand Prairie holding in-person COVID-19 vaccine registration]( [American Airlines will send out 13,000 new furlough notices to employees Friday]( [Plano teen working on COVID-19 diagnosis software earns honor from National Geographic]( [North Texas esports showed its staying power during a challenging 2020. 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