Although new weekly cases of COVID-19 in Williamson County remain in the thousands, the first decline in more than a month was this past week.
Confirmed cases, which include past and current cases reported to the Williamson County and Cities Health District (WCCHD), went up by 5,404 in Williamson County Jan. 25-31.
As of Monday, Jan. 31, WCCHD said there had been a total of 104,602 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Williamson County during the pandemic.
From Jan. 11-24, there was an average of 7,938 new cases each week. During 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.
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 week, 81 cases were added to the cumulative total through QA.
WCCHD’s toll for deaths linked to the disease went up by 12 in seven days. The number stands at 796 a of Jan. 31.
In the past week, vaccinations increased by approximately half of 1% with 71% of Williamson County residents eligible for a vaccine being fully vaccinated as of Monday, Jan. 31, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Tracker. Approximately 81.7% 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, 66.5% of Williamson County is vaccinated.
Local hospital space for people with COVID-19 has dropped. The health district reported 185 beds or 5% of beds for people with COVID-19 were vacant Monday down from 211 beds and 6% one week earlier. In intensive care units, there were 7 beds or 1% available for COVID-19 patients as of Monday, down from 9 beds and 2%.
For more local stats on COVID-19, visit http://www.wcchd.org/COVID-19/dashboard. php.
