(KWTX) The total number of COVID-19 cases in Central Texas rose to 1,000 Tuesday with the confirmation of new cases in Bell, Coryell, Falls, Limestone, McLennan, Milam, Navarro, and Robertson counties while the statewide total increased by 1,688 to 66,568.
The virus has claimed 16 lives in Central Texas including four in Bell County, two in Coryell County, one in Hamilton County, one in Hill County, one in Limestone County, four in McLennan County, one in Milam County, and two in Navarro County.
The statewide death toll Tuesday rose to 1,698.
Texas Department of State Health Services data showed 20,353 active cases of the virus and 44,517 recoveries.
DSHS says nearly 1 million tests have been administered for the virus, which is now present in 232 of the state’s 254 counties.
The Department of State Health Services reported 391 cases Tuesday in Bell County while the county’s report showed 387 cases with at least 206 recoveries.
Twenty seven COVID-19 cases have been confirmed at a Temple nursing home one of whose residents, a woman in her 90s, became the fourth person to die of the virus in Bell County.
Eighteen residents and nine staff members at Weston Inn Nursing and Rehabilitation at 2505 South 37th St. in Temple have now tested positive for the virus, the facility's operators said in a press release.
Residents who tested positive have been hospitalized and one is in intensive care, Bell County health officials said during a virtual news conference late Monday afternoon.
The staff members are self-isolating at home.
Bell County's total also includes an employee of Wings Pizza N Things in Temple Towne Center at 2112 SW H K Dodgen Loop.
“The employee in question worked for very part time last week and had minimal contact with customers,” the restaurant said in a press release Monday.
“We have been closed for the appropriate amount of time as required by the Bell County Health Department. We went above and beyond the guidelines given to us and we are using state of the art disinfecting systems to ensure everyone's safety.”
The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases that Bell County reports at the local level does not include people who live on post at Fort Hood. The number of confirmed cases in Bell County that the Texas Department of State Health Services reports does include Fort Hood cases. Cases involving Fort Hood personnel who live off post are included in the numbers the county releases.
The virus earlier claimed three lives in Bell County including a Killeen man in his 50s in ICU died who died on April 8, a Temple man in his 60s in intensive care who died on April 6 who died on April 6, and a Temple woman in her 80s who had been diagnosed with the virus died on March 26.
In McLennan County, one new case was reported Tuesday, raising the county’s total to 121.
Nine cases were active Tuesday, 108 patients have recovered and 57 residents were being monitored.
The latest case involves a resident whose age ranges from 20-29.
One patient was hospitalized Tuesday in critical condition.
Four have died including a 66-year-old resident whose death was announced on April 22 and a 61-year old McLennan County man whom a neighbor found dead on April 8.
G.W. Carver Middle School Principal Phillip Perry, died of complications from the virus on March 31 and a 69-year-old man died on April 9 at a local hospital.
The state reported 285 cases Tuesday in Coryell County, but the county’s latest update from May 28 shows 225 cases including at least 157 state prison inmates who’ve been diagnosed with the virus.
Thirty four of the cases are active and 32 patients have recovered.
Several prison units in Gatesville remain locked down because of the virus, which has claimed the lives of a Copperas Cove man in his 70s who died on April 9 at Advent Hospital in Killeen, to which he was admitted on April 2 and a Copperas Cove man in his 60s who was diagnosed with the virus on April 5.
Twenty six cases are confirmed in Limestone County, which has recorded one death.
A Mexia woman in her late 50s to early 60s with underlying health conditions died on March 31 at Parkview Regional Hospital in Mexia after she was diagnosed with COVID-19.
Eleven patients in Limestone County have recovered and five other cases are active.
Bosque County was reporting seven cases Tuesday including two who have recovered; Falls County had nine cases with three recoveries; Freestone County reported 10 cases with five recoveries; Hamilton County reported eight with one death and five recoveries; Hill County reported 24, with one death and 14 recoveries; Lampasas County had nine cases with six recoveries; Leon County reported 10 with four recoveries; Milam County reported 29 with one death and 26 recoveries; Mills County had one case and the patient has recovered; Navarro County reported 58 cases with two deaths and 44 recoveries; Robertson County had 11 cases with four recoveries; and San Saba County had one case.
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