COVID UPDATE: County expecting more vaccines
Milam County Judge Steve Young announced that another resident has died from COVID-19.
"I am again saddened to report another death in Milam County due to COVID-19," he reports Friday night. "This is the third death in just one week. One of these individuals was young and one was old. This virus does not care how old you are or what sex you are. Some have a mild case, some go to the hospital for literally months and some die! Again, please do you part to protect yourself and your fellow man. Wear a mask, keep you distance, wash your hands and above all, get vaccinated. The vaccine is safe and 95% effective. It is a miracle that we have it this soon and it provides us with true hope of defeating this worsening menace."
Next week will be the seventh week since vaccine distribution began. Texas will get 332,856 doses and Young said that Milam County will get 300 of those doses.
"We will use the allocation to vaccinate at least 300 people at the former Cameron hospital located at 806 N. Crocket on Thursday, Jan. 28, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.," he said. "This will be done by appointment only. We will call the top 300 people on the waiting list for the shots. If you are called, please go to our web site: http://www.milamcounty.net/
Young said that on Friday, Jan. 29, the county will vaccinate its first set of second round booster shots. This will be done at the Milam County Health Department located at 209 S. Houston. This is by appointment only and those to be vaccinated will be contacted with their appointment times.
"During the week of Feb. 1 we hope to vaccinate many more people," he said. "We don’t know what our allotment will be, but it could be as much as 600 doses. Whatever we get, we will use it and vaccinate. We thank Sarah Goeres and Brookshire Brothers for partnering to create the first Milam County public/private COVID-19 vaccination clinic. This will be done during the week of Feb. 1 in Rockdale."
"We will continue with our COVID vaccination waiting list," he said. "Please call (254) 697-7000 or email Amy Guillen at aguillen@milamcounty.net and we will get you on the list. Once on the list, we will call to schedule your appointment, when it is your turn. Right now we have almost 2,400 people on the list, but do not let that deter you from getting on the list. In the next two weeks we will make a big dent in this list."
The county has tested 2,738 individuals with 799 positive infections which is a 29 percent positivity rate.
Numbers (from Friday, Jan. 22)
1,126 total PCR cases
58 active PCR cases
3 open PCR cases
774 antigen cases
20 active antigen cases –
0 open antigen cases – down 6
Total active and open cases in Milam County – 81 – down 5
14 hospitalized- down 1
3 on ventilators
21 fatalities – up 1