FROM THE LONGVIEW PAPER:

Texas health officials on Sunday reported more than 1,800 new coronavirus cases in the state and 19 additional deaths from COVID-19 — including two new fatalities in Harrison County.

The Texas Department of State Health Services reported Sunday that Harrison County’s death toll from the virus now stands at 28.

The department also said Harrison County has recorded one new positive diagnosis, bringing its cumulative total to 269.

 

 

 

The nursing home industry says just one-time testing for every resident and staffer would cost $440 million, and facilities struggling financially would not be able to bear the expense of regular staff testing.

 

“The secret weapon behind COVID is that is spreads in the absence of any symptoms,” Grabowski told lawmakers at a recent briefing. “If COVID is in a community where staff lives, it is soon to be in the facility where they work.”

 

Nationwide, more than 45,500 residents and staff have died from coronavirus outbreaks at nursing homes and other long-term care facilities, according to a running count by The Associated Press. That’s about 40% of more than 115,000 total deaths. Nursing home residents are less than 1% of the U.S. population.

 

 

	AVERAGE	CENSUS COUNTS OF HOSPITALIZED  COVID PATIENTS
TRAUMA AREA	TO JUNE1	4/8/20	5/1/20	6/1/20	6/14/20	6/15/20	6/16/20	6/17/20
MARSHALL/TYLER/LGV	46	26	63	49	54	53
DALLAS	569	579	636	580	729	728
AUSTIN	61	45	69	89	121	123
HOUSTON	480	495	475	482	681	696
STATE OF TEXAS	1670	1491	1778	1756	2242	2287

 

NOTES TO CHART: Look at the Marshall area — Our approximate area average census of hospitalized COVID patients is 46 since the count was started on April eighth.  On April 8 it was 26 for our area. On May first, it was 63 and on the fourteenth, it was 54. Today it is 53. Now look at Austin. Their average area hospital census for COVID patients has doubled.

 

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