COVID-19: Taylor County adds 1 death, 1 case Thursday

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The Abilene-Taylor County Public Health District on Tuesday reported COVID-19 data including one new case and one death, bringing the county's total pandemic fatalities to 642.

The new case was confirmed by antigen testing. Active cases Thursday totaled 69 (12 polymerase chain reaction tests and 57 antigen tests), compared to 68 reported Wednesday and 54 the week previous.

The percentage of COVID-19 inpatients in the 16-county Abilene trauma service area was 0.11% Wednesday, compared to 0.11% Tuesday and 0.11% Monday, according to the Texas Department of State Health Services COVID-19 database.

The Abilene trauma service area Wednesday had one COVID-19 inpatient, the same number reported Tuesday. In the previous 24 hours, there were no COVID-19 admissions in the area, according to the state database.

Coronavirus by the numbers

Abilene/Taylor County (Thursday data): New cases, 1; PCR cases, 13,112; active PCR cases, 12; total antigen probable cases, 21,911; total active antigen cases, 57; total PCR recoveries, 13,363; total antigen recoveries, 21,504; Total deaths, 642.

Texas (updated Thursday): Total cases, 5,555,697; New cases, 2,981; Hospitalized, 780; Fatalities, 86,599; New fatalities, 10; Total tests, 64,210,896.

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

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

Sayle (Breckenridge): Staff cases – active, 0; 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.

SCHOOLS, COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES

Abilene Christian University: Reported Wednesday one new case, with four active cases. Cumulative cases since Aug. 17 total 671.

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