Daily COVID-19 Update from BRMC

July 17, 2020

United States:

• Total infections: 3,576,430 (Up 77,032)
• Most new cases reported in a single day since the start of the pandemic, beats record set the previous day
• Total Recoveries: 1,090,645 (Up 14,763)
• Total U.S. Deaths: 138,360 (Up 941)
• Current mortality rate in U.S. is 3.9% (No change)

Texas: 

• Total Texas Cases: 305,854 (Up 14,573)
• Most new cases reported in a single day since the start of the pandemic, beats record set the previous day
• 155,937 Recovered (Up 6,661)
• Deaths: 3,657 (Up 147)
• Texas mortality rate is 1.2% ( No change)
• 249 Texas counties reporting active cases (No change)
• 10,457 lab confirmed COVID-19 patients currently hospitalized (Down 14)
• 10,759 total hospital beds available in Texas, 865 ICU beds available 
• 10.54 per 1,000 people in Texas have contracted COVID-19 (Up 0.5)

Regional:

• 4,209 cases in Lubbock (Up 146)
• 65 deaths from COVID-19 in Lubbock (Up 1)
• 101 COVID-19 patients hospitalized in Lubbock county (Up 3)
• 2,060 recovered in Lubbock County (Up 115)
• There are more active than recovered cases in Lubbock county at this time
• 60 diagnosed cases in Terry county (Up 1)
• 43 Terry county case recovered (No change)
• 17 active cases in Terry County (No change)
• There are more recovered than active cases in Terry County