Active COVID-19 cases in Taylor last week were close to thei lowest recorded numbers.
On Monday, March 7, Mayor Brandt Rydell reported Taylor had an estimated 12 active cases of the coronavirus. The city’s overall total during the pandemic is 4,478 cases, which grew 1,328 cases from Nov. 2, 2021..
A reported 4,466 residents have contracted the virus and recovered. There have been 64 recorded deaths in Taylor attributed to COVID-19, up eight from November.
Taylor’s all-time high of reported active cases was 105 Dec. 22, 2020, but has since dipped as low as 11 May 4, 2021.
Taylor Independent School District reported on its dashboard Monday, March 1, there was one student and no staff members infected with COVID-19.
In total, there have been 559 students and 153 staff members who have had the coronavirus during the 2021-22 school year. The tallies represent 18.58% of student enrollment and 30.35% of district staff. Cumulatively, 20.30% of the campuses’ total population has been infected with COVID-19 since the first day of school.
WILLIAMSON COUNTY Confirmed cases, which include past and current episodes reported to the Williamson County and Cities Health District (WCCHD), increased by 394 in Williamson County March 1-7.
The tally broke a downward trend of weekly new cases since the weeks of Jan 11-24, which saw a sevenday average of 7,938 new cases. Since then, the rate of new cases declined through Feb. 22-28, which had 313 new cases and marked the lowest tally since last summer.
As of Monday, March 7, WCCHD confirmed a total of 109,931 COVID-19 cases 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 week, 26 cases were added from the cumulative total through QA.
WCCHD’s toll for deaths linked to the disease went up by eight last week. The number stands at 862 as of March 7.
In the past week, vaccinations increased by 0.1% with 72.3% of Williamson County residents eligible for a vaccine being fully innoculated as of Monday, March 7, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Tracker. Officials said 82.8% of eligible residents have received the first dose of either the Moderna or Pfizer vaccines, each of which require two shots for full results. When accounting for county residents not eligible for a vaccine, such as children ages 5 and younger, 67.8% of Williamson County is vaccinated.
Local hospital space for people with COVID-19 had increases and decreases last week. The health district reported 319 beds or 11% for people with COVID-19 were vacant Monday, down from 405 beds but still 11% one week earlier. In intensive care units, there were 61 beds or 13% available for COVID-19 patients as of Monday, up from 33 and 7% the previous week.
For more local stats on COVID-19, visit http://www.wcchd.org/ COVID-19/dashboard. php.
