COVID-19: Taylor County reports nine cases Friday

Laura Gutschke, Abilene Reporter-News
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The Abilene-Taylor County Public Health District on Friday reported nine new cases of COVID-19, for a total of 64 for the week.

Active cases Monday totaled 417 (81 PCR cases and 336 based on antigen tests), down from 609 a week ago.

The percentage of COVID-19 inpatients in the 16-county Abilene trauma service area was 0.12% Sunday, compared to 1.54% the previous Sunday, according to the Texas Department of State Health Services COVID-19 database.

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

Coronavirus by the numbers

Abilene/Taylor County (Friday data): New cases, 18; PCR cases, 14,517; active PCR cases, 81; total antigen probable cases, 26,021; total active antigen cases, 336; total PCR recoveries, 14,216; total antigen recoveries, 25,252; Total deaths, 655.

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

Texas (updated Wednesday): Total cases, 6,358,257; New cases, 1,253; Hospitalized, 1,436; Fatalities, 89,268; New fatalities, 15; Total tests, 72,185,590.

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, 0, medical isolation, 0.

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 Monday (last update) zero new cases, for a total of four active cases (three student cases and one staff case).

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

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