COVID-19: Cases for week decline for Taylor, Brown counties

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The Abilene-Taylor County Public Health District on Friday reported 21 new cases of COVID-19, four of which were confirmed via polymerase chain reaction tests.

The number of new cases for the week totals 164, a decline from the 189 reported the previous week.

Active cases Friday totaled 835 (196 PCR cases and 639 based on antigen tests), down from 946 a week ago.

State officials are releasing county and trauma service area data on Mondays only.

Brown County cases declining

BROWNWOOD – Brown County health officials Friday reported 42 total new cases of COVID-19 for the seven previous days, compared to 90 new cases the previous week.

No patients are hospitalized for COVID-19, as of Friday.

The percentage of county residents aged 6 months and older who are fully vaccinated is 42.28%, compared to 42.24% from the previous report.

The current totals for COVID-19 testing in Brown County as of Friday were:

  • Total positive: 13,206

  • Total negative: 10,613

  • Cases confirmed by PCR test: 5,107

  • Cases confirmed by antigen test: 8,099

  • Deaths: 257

  • Average age of deceased: 67

Coronavirus by the numbers

Abilene/Taylor County (Friday data): New cases, 21; PCR cases, 14,448; active PCR cases, 196; total antigen probable cases, 25,860; total active antigen cases, 639; total PCR recoveries, 14,061; total antigen recoveries, 24,789; Total deaths, 654.

Texas (updated Friday): Total cases, 6,340,258; New cases, 2,194; Hospitalized, 1,910; Fatalities, 89,093; New fatalities, 45; Total tests, 71,757,651.

Sources: City of Abilene and Texas Department of State Health Services (counts PCR cases only)

SELECT PRISONS (Thursday update)

Daniel (Snyder): Staff cases – active, 0; Inmate cases – active, 0, medical isolation, 0.

Havins (Brownwood): Staff cases – active, 0; Inmate cases – active, 0, medical isolation, 0.

Middleton (Abilene): Staff cases – active, 0; Inmate cases – active, 2, medical isolation, 2.

Robertson (Abilene): Staff cases – active, 1; Inmate cases – active, 0, medical isolation, 0.

Sayle (Breckenridge): Staff cases – active, 0; Inmate cases – active, 5, medical isolation, 5.

Wallace (Colorado City): Staff cases – active, 0; Inmate cases – active, 0, medical isolation, 0.

Source: Texas Department of Criminal Justice COVID-19 website.

SCHOOLS

Abilene ISD: Reported Friday zero new cases, for a total of 28 active cases (19 student cases and nine staff cases). Active cases Monday totaled 33.

Wylie ISD: The district is reporting COVID-19 data directly to the health department only.

This article originally appeared on Abilene Reporter-News: COVID-19: New cases in Taylor, Brown counties decline week over week