While the weekly number of new cases confirmed here has ebbed somewhat during the past couple of months, COVID-19 continues to take a deadly toll in Dawson County. Four more local residents have died as a result of the virus, according to the Texas Department of State Health Services (TDSHS). The COVID-19 death toll here has now climbed to 63, according to information posted on the TDSHS website as of Friday morning. That is up from 47 deaths of Dawson County residents being reported at the first of the year. COVID-19 fatalities for Dawson County as shown on the South Plains Public Health District ...