COVID-19: Taylor County adds 39 cases Thursday

Laura Gutschke, Abilene Reporter-News
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The Abilene-Taylor County Public Health District on Thursday reported 39 new cases of COVID-19, five of which were confirmed via polymerase chain reaction tests.

Active cases Thursday totaled 1,069 (257 PCR cases and 812 based on antigen tests), down from 1,086 reported Wednesday.

Coronavirus by the numbers

Abilene/Taylor County (Thursday data): New cases, 39; PCR cases, 14,355; active PCR cases, 257; total antigen probable cases, 25,552; total active antigen cases, 812; total PCR recoveries, 14,440; total antigen recoveries, 24,383; Total deaths, 652.

Texas (updated Thursday): Total cases, 6,296,408; New cases, 3,928; Hospitalized, 2,439; Fatalities, 88,775; New fatalities, 24; Total tests, 71,116,892.

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 (Wednesday 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, 1; Inmate cases – active, 1, medical isolation, 1.

Robertson (Abilene): Staff cases – active, 13; 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 Thursday three new cases (one student, two staff) for a total of 163 active student cases and 32 active staff cases.

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

More:COVID-19: Taylor County reports 83 cases Wednesday

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