COVID 19: Taylor County adds 32 cases Friday

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The Abilene-Taylor County Public Health District reported Friday 32 new cases of COVID-19, five of which were confirmed by polymerase chain reaction testing.

Active cases Friday totaled 569 (139 PCR tests and 430 antigen tests), compared to 547 Thursday and 412 the week previous.

The percentage of COVID-19 inpatients in the 16-county Abilene trauma service area was 1.18% Thursday, compared to 0.95% Wednesday and 0.76% Tuesday, according to the Texas Department of State Health Services COVID-19 database.

The Abilene trauma service area Thursday had 11 COVID-19 inpatients, two more than reported Wednesday. In the previous 24 hours, there was one COVID-19 admission in the area, according to the state database.

Coronavirus by the numbers

Abilene/Taylor County (Friday data): New cases, 32; PCR cases, 13,274; active PCR cases, 139; total antigen probable cases, 22,582; total active antigen cases, 430; total PCR recoveries, 13,480; total antigen recoveries, 21,784; Total deaths, 645.

Texas (updated Friday): Total cases, 5,764,513; New cases, 7,854; Hospitalized, 2,055; Fatalities, 87,032; New fatalities, 14; Total tests, 66,696,031.

Big Country estimated new daily confirmed cases (Friday, as tracked by the state): Brown, 3; Callahan, 1; Coke, 2; Coleman, 0; Comanche, 0; Eastland, 0; Erath, 2; Fisher, 1; Haskell, 2; Howard, 0; Jones, 0; Kent, 0; Knox, 1; Mitchell, 3; Nolan, 0; Runnels, 0; Scurry, 5; Shackelford, 0; Stephens, 0; Stonewall, 0; and Throckmorton, 0.

Sources: City of Abilene, Texas Department of State Health Services (counts PCR cases only) San Angelo Standard-Times

SELECT PRISONS (Friday 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, 4; Inmate cases – active, 1, medical isolation, 1.

Robertson (Abilene): Staff cases – active, 3; Inmate cases – active, 0, medical isolation, 0.

Sayle (Breckenridge): Staff cases – active, 1; Inmate cases – active, 0, medical isolation, 0.

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

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

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