Twelve deaths related to COVID-19 reported in Hidalgo County along with 1,016 positive cases.

1,016 new cases of COVID-19 were reported by Hidalgo County health officials on Monday.

Hidalgo County health officials announced that the county now has a total of 68,586 known cases of the virus.

Of those cases, 2,423 remain active.

The county reported 12 new deaths related to the disease.

368 county residents who are COVID-19 positive are in area hospitals with 152 of them being treated in intensive care units as of Monday.