Current mortality rate in U.S. is 5.7% (No change)
Dr. Richard Stone, a top health official at the Department of Veterans Affairs, states the V.A. hospital system only has a 30 day supply of N-95 masks on hand and may not have enough to handle a second spike in Covid cases. Nationwide 1,655 V.A. employees have contracted the disease and 33 have died.
Texas:
Total Texas Cases: 78,130 (Up 1,667)
51,140 Recovered (Up 701)
Deaths: 1,867 (Up 19)
Texas mortality rate is 2.4% (No change)
There are more recovered than active cases in Texas
236 Texas counties reporting active cases (Up 1)
2,056 lab confirmed COVID-19 patients currently hospitalized (Up 121)
15,402 total hospital beds available in Texas, 1,723 ICU beds available
2.69 per 1,000 people in Texas have contracted COVID-19 (Up .5)
Regional:
759 cases in Lubbock (Up 3)
50 deaths from COVID-19 in Lubbock (No change)
14 COVID-19 patients hospitalized in Lubbock county (Up 5)
516 recovered in Lubbock County (Up 6)
There are more recovered than active cases in Lubbock county at this time
1032 COVID-19 cases in the South Plains (Up 11)
693 Cases recovered on the South Plains (Up 18)
13 diagnosed cases in Terry county (No change)
13 Terry county case recovered (No change)
No active diagnosed cases in Terry County at this time
