COVID-19: Taylor County adds 120 cases Tuesday over three-day holiday weekend

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The Abilene-Taylor County Public Health District on Tuesday reported 120 new cases of COVID-19 since Friday, 32 of which were confirmed via polymerase chain reaction tests.

The 120 cases is based 40 new cases Tuesday and 80 on Monday, which was Labor Day holiday.

Active cases Tuesday totaled 1,054 (276 PCR cases and 778 based on antigen tests), down from 1,118 reported Friday.

The percentage of COVID-19 inpatients in the 16-county Abilene trauma service area was 2.10% Monday, compared to 2.37% Sunday and 1.93% Saturday, according to the Texas Department of State Health Services COVID-19 database.

The Abilene trauma service area Monday had 17 COVID-19 inpatients, two fewer than reported Sunday. In the previous 24 hours, there were six COVID-19 admissions in the area, according to the state database.

Coronavirus by the numbers

Abilene/Taylor County (Tuesday data): New cases, 120; PCR cases, 14,344; active PCR cases, 276; total antigen probable cases, 25,441; total active antigen cases, 778; total PCR recoveries, 14,410; total antigen recoveries, 24,306; Total deaths, 652.

Texas (updated Tuesday): Total cases, 6,289,394; New cases, 2,537; Hospitalized, 2,537; Fatalities, 88,729; New fatalities, 5; Total tests, 71,032,649.

Big Country estimated new daily confirmed cases (Tuesday, as tracked by the state): Brown, 1; Callahan, 0; Coke, 0; Coleman, 0; Comanche, 0; Eastland, 0; Erath, 3; Fisher, 0; Haskell, 0; Howard, 3; Jones, 0; Kent, 0; Knox, 0; Mitchell, 0; Nolan, 0; Runnels, 2; Scurry, 4; Shackelford, 5; 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, 0; Inmate cases – active, 4, medical isolation, 4.

Robertson (Abilene): Staff cases – active, 12; Inmate cases – active, 0, medical isolation, 0.

Sayle (Breckenridge): Staff cases – active, 0; Inmate cases – active, 6, medical isolation, 6.

Wallace (Colorado City): Staff cases – active, 1; Inmate cases – active, 0, medical isolation, 0.

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

SCHOOLS

Abilene ISD: Reported Tuesday 133 active student cases and 33 active staff cases.

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: Taylor County adds 120 cases Tuesday over holiday weekend