(KWTX) – The state reported 129 more COVID-19 deaths, a one-day record, and 10,291 new cases of the virus Thursday while the Central Texas count rose by 239 to 7,566 and McLennan and Milam counties each reported new deaths.
The total number of confirmed cases in Texas rose to 292,656 Thursday.
The Texas Department of State Health Services says 133,158 of the cases are active and 155,937 patients have recovered.
Almost 3 million tests have been administered and the virus is present in 249 of the state’s 254 counties.
Statewide, 10,457 patients with lab-confirmed cases of COVID-19 were hospitalized Thursday.
The Associated Presss reported teams of doctors and nurses from the Army and New York have descended on Houston as the city struggles to deal with a surge of coronavirus cases and hospitalizations.
An 86-person Army team of doctors, nurses, and support staff worked Thursday to take over a wing of United Memorial Medical Center, a small north Houston hospital,
A group of doctors and nurses from New York arrived last weekend in Houston to help set up testing sites at two churches,” to help it treat COVID-19 patients,” New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said.
The total number of patients with lab-confirmed cases of the virus in the two trauma regions that include most of Central Texas was 161.
The statewide death toll rose to 3,561 Thursday.
Fifty three people diagnosed with the virus have now died including 15 in Bell County, four in Coryell County, one in Hamilton County, two in Hill County, one in Limestone County, 20 in McLennan County, two in Milam County, and eight in Navarro County.
BELL COUNTY
Bell County reported 86 new cases, increasing the county’s total to 2,461.
A total of 764 patients have recovered.
“You are likely to see recoveries jump in the coming days as large number of people are entering their recovery period at the same time,” Bell County Public Health District Director Amanda Robison-Chadwell said Thursday.
“We use a time based recovery method. If it has been at least 14 days since the case was reported and the individual has not passed or is not hospitalized then they are considered recovered.”
More than 30,000 tests have been administered in the county.
The state count, which includes Fort Hood personnel who live on post, rose to 2,481 Thursday.
Fifteen Bell County residents have died, including a Killeen man in his 50s in ICU died who died on April 8, a Temple man in his 60s in intensive care who died on April 6 who died on April 6, a Temple woman in her 80s who had been diagnosed with the virus died on March 26; woman in her 90s who was a resident of West Inn Nursing and Rehabilitation whose death was announced on May 30; a resident of Weston Inn Nursing and Rehabilitation whose death was announced on June 3; a woman in her 60s who was a resident of Weston Inn whose death was reported on June 9, a woman in her 70s who was transferred on June 1 from Weston Inn Nursing and Rehabilitation to Scott & White Medical Center died on June 14; two men in their 80s whose deaths were reported on June 17, both of whom were residents of Weston Inn Nursing & Rehabilitation in Temple; a man in his 60s whose was reported on June 19 who also was a former resident of Weston Inn; a woman in her 50s with underlying conditions whose death was reported on June 22; a man in his 90s who died on June 25; a Killeen woman in her 80s whose death was reported on June 29; a Bell County man in his 20s who died outside of the county whose death was reported on July 10, and a Bell County man in his 70s whose death was reported on July 15.
MCLENNAN COUNTY
McLennan County reported 96 new cases Thursday, increasing the county’s total to 3,096.
Of that number, 1,292 cases are active and 1,784 patients have recovered.
Sixty seven patients, 52 of them McLennan County residents, were hospitalized Thursday, 10 of them on ventilators.
The new cases include three residents 10 or younger; six residents who range in age from 11 to 19; 20 residents in their 20s; 17 residents in their 30s; 16 residents in their 40s; 17 residents in their 50s, and 12 residents who are 60 or older.
The county reported its 20 death from the virus Thursday.
The 87-year-old white woman died late on Wednesday at a local long term care facility.
Nineteen residents have died earlier including a 44-year-old man who died on June 23 in a local hospital; a 66-year-old resident whose death was announced on April 22; a 61-year old McLennan County man whom a neighbor found dead on April 8, a 46-year-old man with no apparent underlying issues who died June 18 in a Waco hospital, a 53-year-old Hispanic man who died on June 28 at a local hospital; an 89-year-old Caucasian man who died on June 29 at a local hospital; an 87-year-old Hispanic man who died June 29 at a local hospital; a 62-year-old Hispanic woman and a 77-year-old African American man whose deaths were reported on July 4, and a 71-year-old Hispanic woman; a 76-year-old African American man whose deaths were reported on July 6; a 72-year-old Caucasian man whose death was reported on July 8; a 41-year-old black woman whose death was reported on July 9; a 93-year-old white woman who died on July 11 at a local hospital; a 42-year-old black woman who died July 12 at a local hospital; a 73-year-old white man who died on July 13 at his home, and an 87-year-old white woman who died on July 14 at a local hospital.
G.W. Carver Middle School Principal Phillip Perry, died of complications from the virus on March 31 and a 69-year-old man died on April 9 at a local hospital.
CORYELL COUNTY
Coryell County reported 204 cases Thursday, 122 of which were active.
Seventy eight patients have recovered.
The state’s count, which includes Texas Department of Criminal Justice inmates, rose to 422 Thursday with 323 recoveries.
The virus has claimed four lives in the county including a Copperas Cove man in his 70s who died on April 9 at Advent Hospital in Killeen, to which he was admitted on April 2; a Copperas Cove man in his 60s who was diagnosed with the virus on April 5; a Copperas Cove man whose death was reported on July 8, and a Gatesville man in his 60s whose death was reported on July 12.
LIMESTONE COUNTY
Limestone County reported 110 cases Thursday.
Forty eight patients have recovered, according to the Department of State Health Services.
One resident has died.
A Mexia woman in her late 50s to early 60s with underlying health conditions died on March 31 at Parkview Regional Hospital in Mexia after she was diagnosed with COVID-19.
NAVARRO COUNTY
Navarro County reported 536 cases Thursday, an increase of 24.
Of the total 134 cases were active and 394 patients had recovered.
The county reported its eighth death from the virus on Wednesday.
Eleven patients were hospitalized on Wednesday.
OTHER COUNTIES
According to the latest figures Thursday, Bosque County was reporting 46 cases including 13 who have recovered; Falls County had 60 cases with 28 recoveries; Freestone County reported 91 cases with 26 recoveries; Hamilton County reported 39 with one death and 17 recoveries; Hill County reported 182 with two deaths and 62 recoveries; Lampasas County had 44 cases with 18 recoveries; Leon County reported 107 cases, with 27 recoveries; Milam County reported 203 cases with two deaths and 142 recoveries; Mills County, reported seven cases and one recovery; Robertson County had 132 cases with 24 recoveries; and San Saba County had 10 cases with four recoveries.
The number of recoveries the Texas Department of State Health Services reported Wednesday was lower than in previous reports.,
One inmate in the Milam County Jail, who was assigned kitchen duties, has tested positive for the virus.
The inmate was quarantined and then tested after developing a low-grade fever.
Three jail staff members and a patrol deputy tested positive for the virus over the weekend.
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