We are the first state to reach 1,000,000 COVID19 cases. Here is a quick report of the current status of our state…
We just moved into the “red” tipping point zone with 25.7 daily cases per 100,000. Transmission is accelerating (state R(t)=1.13) and hospitals are strained.
As of this morning, there are particularly worrisome areas (for their own reasons, see below)…
El Paso (TSA [Trauma Service Area] I)
- One of the worst hotspots in the nation
- 123.1 daily new cases per 100,000
- Test Positivity Rate: 24%
- Hospitalization: 45% COVID19 patients
- ICU: 63% COVID19 patients
- R(t)=1.16
Amarillo (TSA A)
- Cases are increasing the fastest in the state (increase 162% in one week)
- 77 daily new cases per 100,000
- Test Positivity Rate: 16%
- Hospitalization: 35% COVID19 patients
- ICU: 70% COVID19 patients
- R(t)=1.79
Lubbock (TSA B)
- 85 daily new cases per 100,000
- Test Positivity Rate: 16%
- Hospitalization: 23% COVID19 patients
- ICU: 22% COVID19 patients
- R(t)=1.12
Others areas to look out for:
- Waco (TSA M) increasing at alarming rates (60% increase in past week)
- Victoria (TSA S) increasing at alarming rates (44% increase in past week)
- Wichita Falls (TSA C) ICU is 53% COVID19 patients
- There are 13 counties with a TPR > 30%: Andrews, Bailey, Childress, Coke, Cottle, Fisher, Hall, Hansford, Haskel, Hutchinson, Parmer, Sutton and Terry
Love, YLE
Data Sources: www.texaspandemic.org and Harvard COVID19 suppression