AMARILLO, Texas (KAMR/KCIT) — In its first update since Jan. 19, the Amarillo Public Health Department reported 302 new COVID-19 cases for Potter and Randall counties and three COVID-19-related deaths, according to data from the COVID-19 dashboard on the Amarillo Alerts webpage. As of Monday, there are 1,107 active cases of COVID-19 in the two counties.
Officials with the city of Amarillo’s public health department said they will no longer report COVID-19 recoveries. The department will now just update COVID-19 cases and COVID-19-related deaths.
According to the dashboard, Potter County reported 178 new COVID-19 cases and one COVID-19-related death on Monday. This brings the county’s total to 42,676 cases and 779 deaths. As of Monday, there are 812 active COVID-19 cases in Potter County.
Randall County reported 124 new COVID-19 cases and two COVID-19 deaths on Monday. The county’s total is 46,063 cases and 543 deaths. As of Monday, there are 868 active COVID-19 cases in Randall County.
The Hospitalization Rate for the High Plains, Trauma Service Area A, was noted at 1.89% according to data from the Texas Department of State Health Services. Trauma Service Area A is also reporting the following COVID-19-related hospitalization data:
Lab-Confirmed COVID-19 patients currently in hospital: 20;
Adult COVID-19 patients in general beds: 17;
Adult COVID-19 patients in intensive care unit (ICU) beds: 2;
Pediatric COVID-19 patients in hospital: 1;
Confirmed COVID-19 admissions in the past 24 hours: 3;
Confirmed COVID-19 patients on ventilators: 0;
Total staffed hospital beds: 1,060;
Total staffed inpatient beds: 927;
Available staffed hospital beds: 257;
Available staffed adult ICU beds: 5;
Available staffed pediatric ICU beds: 2;
Available ventilators: 152.
County | Confirmed Cases Reported | Deaths |
Armstrong | 444 | 10 |
Beaver | 1,187 | 9 |
Briscoe | 436 | 8 |
Carson | 1,183 | 38 |
Castro | 2,223 | 48 |
Childress | 2,837 | 35 |
Cimarron | 730 | 2 |
Collingsworth | 558 | 17 |
Cottle | 340 | 9 |
Curry | 15,408 | 235 |
Dallam | 1,501 | 45 |
Deaf Smith | 4,422 | 118 |
Donley | 502 | 26 |
Gray | 4,429 | 133 |
Hall | 1,013 | 24 |
Hardeman | 579 | 21 |
Hansford | 739 | 31 |
Hartley | 1,052 | 3 |
Hemphill | 1,249 | 9 |
Hutchinson | 6,073 | 149 |
Lipscomb | 592 | 17 |
Moore | 4,075 | 115 |
Ochiltree | 2,231 | 50 |
Oldham | 342 | 6 |
Parmer | 1,554 | 54 |
Potter | 43,653 | 788 |
Quay | 2,573 | 70 |
Randall | 47,275 | 551 |
Roberts | 163 | 2 |
Roosevelt | 6,246 | 111 |
Sherman | 380 | 16 |
Swisher | 1,380 | 34 |
Texas | 7,037 | 39 |
Union | 937 | 20 |
Wheeler | 1,028 | 25 |
TOTAL | 166,371 | 2,868 |
