COVID-19: Taylor County reports 18 cases Monday; fewer cases too in Brown County

The Abilene-Taylor County Public Health District on Monday reported 18 new cases of COVID-19, six of which were confirmed via polymerase chain reaction tests.

Active cases Monday totaled 540 (106 PCR cases and 434 based on antigen tests), down from 787 a week ago.

Brown County cases decline fourth week in row

BROWNWOOD – Brown County health officials Friday reported one death linked to COVID-19 and 22 new cases for the seven previous days, compared to 42 new cases the previous week.

It was the fourth week in a row for a decline in new cases. The peak during this latest surge that started in early summer was 189 weekly cases on Aug. 5.

No patients were hospitalized for COVID-19 as of Friday.

The percentage of county residents aged 6 months and older who are fully vaccinated is 42.29%, compared to 42.28% from the previous report.

The current totals for COVID-19 testing in Brown County as of Friday were:

• Total positive: 13,228
• Total negative: 10,617
• Cases confirmed by PCR test: 5,109
• Cases confirmed by antigen test: 8,119
• Deaths: 258
• Average age of deceased: 67

Coronavirus by the numbers

Abilene/Taylor County (Monday data): New cases, 18; PCR cases, 14,516; active PCR cases, 106; total antigen probable cases, 25,955; total active antigen cases, 434; total PCR recoveries, 14,220; total antigen recoveries, 25,088; Total deaths, 655.

Texas (updated Monday): Total cases, 6,355,954; New cases, 1,734; Hospitalized, 1,425; Fatalities, 89,234; New fatalities, NA; Total tests, NA.

SELECT PRISONS (Friday update)

Daniel (Snyder): Staff cases – active, 0; Inmate cases – active, 0, medical isolation, 0.

Havins (Brownwood): Staff cases – active, 0; Inmate cases – active, 0, medical isolation, 0.

Middleton (Abilene): Staff cases – active, 0; Inmate cases – active, 2, medical isolation, 2.

Robertson (Abilene): Staff cases – active, 1; Inmate cases – active, 0, medical isolation, 0.

Sayle (Breckenridge): Staff cases – active, 0; Inmate cases – active, 5, medical isolation, 5.

Wallace (Colorado City): Staff cases – active, 0; Inmate cases – active, 0, medical isolation, 0.

Source: Texas Department of Criminal Justice COVID-19 website.

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SCHOOLS

Abilene ISD: Reported Monday one new student case, for a total of eight active cases (three student cases and five staff cases). The number of active cases remains unchanged from last report on Wednesday.

Wylie ISD: The district is reporting COVID-19 data directly to the health department only.