Although COVID cases continue to slowly wane, the virus has claimed the life of yet another resident of Dawson County.Updates posted by the South Plains Public Health District this past week show 77 local residents have now died from COVID-19 since the first case here was reported about 19 months ago.The death toll reported by the district is obtained from the Texas Department of State Health Services’ “COVID Dashboard” web posting.While the big majority of the local deaths occurred during the first year of COVID’s presence – and before vaccines became readily available – the latest death means nine Dawson ...