Williamson County COVID-19 cases are down to summer 2020 numbers.
Confirmed cases, which include past and current episodes reported to the Williamson County and Cities Health District (WCCHD), increased by 165 in Williamson County March 8-14. As of Monday, March 14, WCCHD confirmed a total of 110,096 COVID-19 cases in Williamson County during the pandemic.
The tally resumed a downward 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. The slide down paused March 1-7, which had 394 new cases
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, 69 cases were added from the cumulative total through QA.
WCCHD’s toll for deaths linked to the disease went up by four last week. The number stands at 866 as of March 14.
In the past week, vaccinations increased by 0.1% with 72.4% of Williamson County residents eligible for a vaccine being fully inoculated as of Monday, March 14, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Tracker. Officials said 82.7% 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 403 beds or 12% for people with COVID-19 were vacant Monday, up from 319 beds and 11% one week earlier. In intensive care units, there were 44 beds or 10% available for COVID-19 patients as of Monday, down from 61 and 13% the previous week.
For more local stats on COVID-19, visit http://www.wcchd.org/COVID-19/dashboard.php.
