FRIDAY, 7-31-2020 EDINBURG – Forty residents have died today due to COVID-19 complications, Hidalgo County Judge Richard F. Cortez said Thursday. Another 271 tested positive for the virus which brings the total number of known positive cases to 16,646.  “Each day we continue to lose more of our fellow county residents to this deadly virus. I send my deepest condolences to the families of these victims,” Judge Cortez said. “I remind you to practice social distancing and the use of facial coverings. COVID-19 can be spread by people who do not have symptoms and do not know that they are infected. Face coverings ...