COVID-19 cases have continued to increase in the last two weeks.
Confirmed cases, which include past and current cases reported to the Williamson County and Cities Health District (WCCHD), went up by 15,876 in Williamson County Jan. 11-24 for an average of 7,938 new cases each week. From Jan. 4-10, cases had gone up 7,415 cases.
In the two preceding weeks, Dec. 21-Jan. 3, there was an average of more than 3,000 cases each week. Before Dec 21, cases had tallied well below a thousand each week since September.
As of Monday, Jan. 24, WCCHD said there had been a total of 99,198 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Williamson County during the pandemic.
Quality assurance (QA) by the health district indicates past cases that need to be added or subtracted to the complete case total. In the past two weeks, 153 cases were added to the cumulative total through QA.
WCCHD’s toll for deaths linked to the disease went up by 24. The number stands at 782 as of Jan. 24.
In two weeks, vaccinations increased by approximately 1% with 70.6% of Williamson County residents eligible for a vaccine being fully vaccinated as of Monday, Jan. 24, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Tracker. Approximately 81.3% of eligible residents have received the first dose of either the Moderna or Pfizer vaccines, each of which require two shots for full vaccination. When accounting for county residents not eligible for a vaccine, such as children ages 5 and younger, 66.1% of Williamson County is vaccinated.
Local hospital space for people with COVID-19 has dropped. The health district reported 211 beds or 6% of beds for people with COVID-19 were vacant Monday, down from 621 beds and 16% two weeks earlier. In intensive care units, there were nine beds or 2% available for COVID-19 patients as of Monday, down from 43 beds and 9%.
For more local stats on COVID-19, visit http://www.wcchd.org/COVID-19/dashboard.php.
COVID-19 SCHOOL CASES AT A GLANCE
Taylor ISD and Hutto ISD maintain online dashboards for the community to monitor COVID-19 activity at its school campuses. Here are the campuses’ figures from Monday, Jan. 24. For the latest statistics, visit https://www.taylorisd.org for Taylor or http://www.hipponation.org for Hutto.
