(KWTX) – The state reported 129 more deaths from COVID-19, a one-day record, and 10,291 new cases of the virus on Thursday, while the central Texas count increased by 239 to 7,566 and McLennan and Milam counties reported each new deaths.
The total number of confirmed cases in Texas increased to 292,656 on Thursday.
The Texas Department of State Health Services says 133,158 of the cases are active and 155,937 patients have recovered.
Nearly 3 million tests have been administered and the virus is present in 249 of the state’s 254 counties.
Statewide, 10,457 patients with laboratory confirmed cases of COVID-19 were hospitalized on Thursday.
The total number of patients with laboratory confirmed virus cases in the two trauma regions that include most of central Texas was 161.
The statewide death toll rose to 3,561 on Thursday.
Fifty-three people diagnosed with the virus have died, including 15 in Bell County, four in Coryell County, one in Hamilton County, two in Hill County, one in Limestone County, 20 in the McLennan County, two in Milam County and eight in Navarro County.
Bell County
Bell County reported 86 new cases, bringing the county total to 2,461.
A total of 764 patients have recovered.
“You are likely to see recoveries jump in the coming days as large numbers of people enter their recovery period at the same time,” Bell County Public Health District Director Amanda Robison said Thursday- Chadwell.
“We use a time-based recovery method. If it has been at least 14 days since the case was reported and the individual has not passed or is not hospitalized, then she is considered recovered. “
Over 30,000 tests have been administered in the county.
The state count, which includes Fort Hood personnel living at the post, rose to 2,481 on Thursday.
Fifteen Bell County residents have died, including a Killeen man in his 50s in the ICU who died on April 8, a Temple man in his 60s in intensive care who died on April 6 who died on April 6. April, an 80-year-old Temple woman who had been diagnosed with the virus died on March 26; woman in her 90s who was a resident of West Inn Nursing and Rehabilitation whose death was announced on May 30; a Weston Inn Nursing and Rehabilitation resident whose death was announced on June 3; a 60-year-old woman who was a resident of Weston Inn whose death was reported on June 9, a 70-year-old woman who was transferred on June 1 from Weston Inn Nursing and Rehabilitation to Scott & White Medical Center died on June 14; two 80-year-old men whose deaths were reported on June 17, both residents of the Weston Inn Nursing & Rehabilitation in Temple; a man in his 60s who was reported on June 19 that he was also a former resident of the Weston Inn; a woman in her 50s with underlying conditions whose death was reported on June 22; a man in his 90s who died on June 25; a Killeen woman in her 80s whose death was reported on June 29; a Bell County man in her 20s who died out of the county whose death was reported on July 10, and a Bell County man in her 70s whose death was reported on July 15.
MCLENNAN COUNTY
McLennan County reported 96 new cases Thursday, increasing the county’s total to 3,096.
Of that number, 1,292 cases are active and 1,784 patients have recovered.
Sixty-seven patients, 52 of them McLennan County residents, were hospitalized Thursday, 10 of them with respirators.
The new cases include three residents age 10 and under; six residents aged between 11 and 19 years; 20 residents in their 20s; 17 residents in their 30s; 16 residents in their 40s; 17 residents age 50 and 12 residents age 60 and older.
The county reported 20 deaths from the virus Thursday.
The 87-year-old white woman died Wednesday night at a local long-term care center.
Nineteen residents died earlier, including a 44-year-old man who died June 23 at a local hospital; a 66-year-old resident whose death was announced on April 22; a 61-year-old McLennan County man found dead by a neighbor on April 8, a 46-year-old man with no apparent underlying problems who died June 18 at a Waco hospital, a 53-year-old Hispanic man who died in June 28 at a local hospital; an 89-year-old Caucasian man who died June 29 at a local hospital; an 87-year-old Hispanic man who died June 29 at a local hospital; a 62-year-old Hispanic woman and a 77-year-old African-American man whose deaths were reported on July 4, and a 71-year-old Hispanic woman; a 76-year-old African American man whose deaths were reported on July 6; a 72-year-old Caucasian man whose death was reported on July 8; a 41-year-old black woman whose death was reported on July 9; a 93-year-old white woman who died on July 11 at a local hospital; a 42-year-old black woman who died on July 12 at a local hospital; a 73-year-old white man who died on July 13 at his home; and an 87-year-old white woman who died on July 14 at a local hospital.
GW Carver High 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.
CORYELL COUNTY
Coryell County reported 204 cases Thursday, 122 of which were active.
Seventy-eight patients have recovered.
The state’s count, which includes inmates from the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, increased to 422 on Thursday with 323 recoveries.
The virus has claimed four lives in the county, including a Copperas Cove man in his 70s who died April 9 at Advent Hospital in Killeen, who he admitted on April 2; a Copperas Cove man in his 60s who was diagnosed with the virus on April 5; a Copperas Cove man whose death was reported on July 8, and a 60-year-old Gatesville man whose death was reported on July 12.
LIMESTONE COUNTY
Limestone County reported 110 cases Thursday.
Forty-eight patients have recovered, according to the State Department of Health Services.
A resident is dead.
A Mexia woman in her 50s and 60s with underlying health problems died on March 31 at Parkview Regional Hospital in Mexia after she was diagnosed with COVID-19.
NAVARRO COUNTY
Navarro County reported 536 cases Thursday, an increase of 24.
Of the total, 134 cases were active and 394 patients had recovered.
The county reported its eighth death from the virus on Wednesday.
Eleven patients were hospitalized on Wednesday.
OTHER COUNTIES
According to the latest figures Thursday, Bosque County reported 46 cases, including 13 that have recovered; Falls County had 60 cases with 28 recoveries; Freestone County reported 91 cases with 26 recoveries; Hamilton County reported 39 with one death and 17 recoveries; Hill County reported 182 with two deaths and 62 recoveries; Lampasas County had 44 cases with 18 recoveries; Leon County reported 107 cases, with 27 recoveries; Milam County reported 203 cases with two deaths and 142 recoveries; Mills County reported seven cases and one recovery; Robertson County had 132 cases with 24 recoveries; and San Saba County had 10 cases with four recoveries.
The number of recoveries the Texas Department of State Health Services reported Wednesday was less than in previous reports.
An inmate at the Milam County Jail, who was assigned kitchen duties, tested positive for the virus.
The inmate was quarantined and then examined after developing a low fever.
Three jail staff and a patrol officer tested positive for the virus over the weekend.
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