COVID UPDATE: Not much to report over holidays

COVID report from Milam County Judge Steve Young:

We have not had a lot of reporting over the holiday from our medical providers.  Tomorrow our medical department will be busy as I know there will be a lot of reporting.  We will have a full update at the close of business tomorrow.

However, we do have six new probable cases to report.  Twenty-nine cases were discharge over the break, including nine PCR cases and twenty probable cases.  There were no new hospital admissions.

Tomorrow we will test in Rockdale at the former Rockdale Hospital from 8:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.  If you are a Milam County resident with COVID symptoms we are happy to provide a free COVID antigen test. 

The State will conduct free testing tomorrow as well from 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. at the Milano fire station for anyone, with or without symptoms.  This will be a PCR test, which will be sent to a lab for results.

Milam County Cases:

1. Confirmed PCR cases 643- no change
2. Confirmed active PCR cases 21 down 7
3. Confirmed probable (antigen) cases 243 – up 6
4. Confirmed active probable cases 43 – down 10
5. Total confirmed cases in Milam County 64 – down 19
6. Monitored individuals 190 – no change
7. Hospitalizations 2 – no change
8. Deaths 9 – no change

Texas Cases:  Yesterday there were 6,334 new confirmed cases, 0 recoveries, 95 deaths. The current 7-day rolling average of 9,879 new cases/day declined 1.37% from 14 days ago, while the average of 127 deaths/day grew 8.5% in Texas.

1. Confirmed cases: 1,222,807 up 9,230
2. Deaths: 21,836

USA Cases: Yesterday there were 155,596 new confirmed cases, 75,617 recoveries, 1,189 deaths. The current 7-day rolling average of 162,913 new cases/day grew 12.3% from 14 days ago, while the average of 1,443 deaths/day grew 26.4%.

1. Confirmed cases 13,373,673 up 129,256
2. Deaths 266,831

Be safe, be smart, don’t be one of these numbers – wear a mask!