Daily COVID-19 Update from BRMC

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United States:

  • Total infections: 582,594 (Up 25,004)
  • 44,308 recovered (Up 2,477)
  • 23,649 deaths (Up 1,540)
  • COVID-19 is now the leading cause of daily deaths in the United States, surpassing daily cancer and heart disease deaths
  • Current mortality rate in U.S. is 4.1% (up .1%) (Pending infections less than two weeks)
  • U.S. mortality rate is trending up, despite increased testing criteria to find more cases
  • Small decrease in the number of new daily diagnosis and deaths

Texas: 

  • 178 Texas counties reporting cases (Up 1)
  • No longer able to report community spread by county due to multiple reporting agencies and differing definitions by agency/county
  • Deaths: 296 (Up 21)
  • Lubbock daily deaths represented nearly one fourth of the reported state wide deaths
  • Total Texas Cases: 14,505 (Up 619)
  • Texas mortality rate is 2.0% (Down .1%) (Pending infections less than two weeks)
  • 1,176 lab confirmed COVID-19 patients currently receiving hospital care (Down 162)
  • 2,269 Recovered (Up 255)

Regional:

  • 317 cases in Lubbock (up 10)
  • 21 deaths in Lubbock county (Up 5)
  • 87 cases recovered in the South Plains area (Up 7)
  • 375 confirmed cases on the South Plains (Up 11)
  • 10 diagnosed cases in Terry county (No change)
  • 4 Terry county case recovered

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