(KWTX) – A boy diagnosed with COVID-19 was in a local hospital Wednesday and public health authorities reported two more deaths and dozens of new cases of the virus.
The 2-year-old boy is among more than 70 residents hospitalized in Waco due to the virus, Waco Mayor Kyle Deaver confirmed during a virtual news conference on Wednesday.
Deaver did not provide additional details, but said the boy has been hospitalized for several days.
The news of the hospitalization came just before health officials announced the nineteenth death of the county, an 87-year-old white woman who died Tuesday at a local hospital.
Meanwhile, Bell County public health officials announced a 15th death Wednesday, a man in his 70s who was hospitalized earlier this month.
The two new deaths and another death in Navarro County brought the region’s death toll to more than 50 on Wednesday.
Bell County reported 85 new cases of the virus Wednesday, bringing the county’s total to 2,375.
A total of 627 patients have recovered.
McLennan County reported 176 new cases of the virus on Tuesday, bringing the county’s total to 2,920.
Of that number, 1,186 cases were active and 1,716 patients have recovered.
Seventy-three patients were hospitalized Tuesday, 10 of them with ventilators.
Of the 73, 57 are residents of McLennan County.
Of the new cases, eight involve residents 10 years of age or younger; 43 involve residents between the ages of 11 and 19; 24 involve residents in their 20s; 35 involve residents in their 30s; 19 involve residents in their 40s; 29 involve residents age 50 and 18 involve residents age 60 and older.
Eighteen patients have died.
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