The rate of new weekly COVID-19 cases in Williamson County continues to drop and has escaped four digits.
Confirmed cases, which include past and current cases reported to the Williamson County and Cities Health District (WCCHD), increased by 791 in Williamson
County Feb. 15-21.
As of Monday, Feb. 21, WCCHD confirmed a total of 109,224 COVID-19 cases in Williamson County during the pandemic.
The previous week, Feb. 8-14, Williamson County recorded 1,299 new cases, which was nearly cut in half from the 2,532 new cases Feb. 1-7. 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 of 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 had 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, 136 cases were added to the cumu lative total through QA.
WCCHD’s toll for deaths linked to the disease went up by 15 last week. The number stands at 845 as of Feb. 21.
In the past week, vaccinations increased by 0.2% with 71.9% of Williamson County residents eligible for a vaccine being fully vaccinated as of Monday, Feb. 21, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Tracker. Approximately 82.4% 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, 67.3% of Williamson County is vaccinated.
Local hospital space for people with COVID-19 increased last week. The health district reported 357 beds or 10% of beds for people with COVID-19 were vacant Monday, up from 323 beds and 9% one week earlier. In intensive care units, there were 35 beds or 7% available for COVID-19 patients as of Monday, up from 29 beds and 6%.
For more local stats on COVID-19, visit http://www.wcchd.org/COVID-19/dashboard.php.
