The rate of new weekly COVID-19 cases in Williamson County was sliced by about half this past week.
Confirmed cases, which include past and current cases reported to the Williamson County and Cities Health District (WCCHD), increased by 1,299 in Williamson County Feb. 8-14.
As of Monday, Feb. 14, WCCHD confirmed a total of 108,433 COVID-19 cases in Williamson County during the pandemic.
During the previous week, Feb. 1-7, there were 2,532 new cases in Williamson County – almost double from this past week. In the week of Jan. 25-31, there were 5,404 new cases in Williamson County. Based on weekly tallies, the Jan. 11-24 average 7,938 new cases each week was the peak rate increase of new weekly cases since Dec 21, 2021. Before then, new cases each week has been well below a thousand 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, 109 cases were added to the cumulative total through QA.
WCCHD’s toll for deaths linked to the disease went up by 13 in seven days. The number stands at 830 as of Feb. 14.
In the past week, vaccinations increased by nearly half of 1% with 71.7% of Williamson County residents eligible for a vaccine being fully vaccinated as of Monday, Feb. 14, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Tracker. Approximately 82.2% 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, 67.1% of Williamson County is vaccinated.
Local hospital space for people with COVID-19 dipped last week. The health district reported 323 beds or 9% of beds for people with COVID-19 were vacant Monday, down from 389 beds and 11% one week earlier. In intensive care units, there were 29 beds or 6% available for COVID-19 patients as of Monday, down from 39 beds and 8%.
For more local stats on COVID-19, visit http://www.wcchd.org/COVID-19/dashboard.php.
