El Paso sees 17 more virus deaths, increases pandemic total to 2,400

El PASO, Texas (KVIA) -- The El Paso Department of Public Health announced 17 new coronavirus-related deaths and 277 new cases Wednesday morning.

The latest deaths included a man in his 40s, 3 men and 2 women in their 50s, a man in his 60s, 4 men in their 70s, 2 men and 2 women in their 80s, and a man and a woman in their 90s.

The pandemic death toll in El Paso now stands at 2,400, with 112 additional suspected Covid-19 deaths currently under investigation by local health officials.

It can sometimes take months for the health department to confirm a Covid-19 death, so the majority newly-announced deaths did not occur recently.

The number of known active cases now stands at 2,027, an increase of 84 from Tuesday.

Hospitalizations now stand at 176 (-4), with 61 (+4) patients still in the ICU.

Since the start of the pandemic, there have been 129,495 confirmed cases and 124,896 reported recoveries in El Paso.

For a complete look at El Paso's Covid-19 data, click here.