APH reports 234 new cases, 2 deaths, 179 recoveries in Amarillo area

AMARILLO, Texas (KAMR/KCIT) – The Amarillo Public Health Department is reporting 234 new cases, two deaths, and 179 recoveries in Amarillo area.

APH said Potter County has 104 new cases and 80 new recoveries.

In Randall County, 130 new cases were reported along with two new deaths and 99 new recoveries.

The Amarillo Area Hospitalization Rate is at 16.47%. This is the fourth day with the AHR above 15% – according to state guidelines laid out in GA-32, after seven days with a rate above that level, the area will need to scale back reopening efforts and further limit business capacities and social gatherings and visitations.

(This table reflects the cases on the High Plains as of 5:30 p.m. on November 23, 2020.)

County	Confirmed Cases Reported	Deaths	Recovery
Armstrong	42	1	27
Beaver	165	2	129
Briscoe	39	1	24
Carson	87	2	68
Castro	440	8	334
Childress	812	–	610
Cimarron	69	–	53
Collingsworth	38	–	24
Cottle	52	4	47
Curry	2,935	16	949
Dallam	716	8	560
Deaf Smith	1,660	37	1,488
Donley	107	1	92
Gray	1,209	10	599
Hall	76	3	46
Hardeman	77	4	73
Hansford	226	9	203
Hartley	461	6	355
Hemphill	279	2	208
Hutchinson	608	18	454
Lipscomb	120	1	91
Moore	1,579	29	1,413
Ochiltree	494	6	402
Oldham	36	2	29
Parmer	674	22	594
Potter	11,768	159	8,667
Quay	209	3	76
Randall	9,702	101	5,959
Roberts	24	–	17
Roosevelt	915	13	309
Sherman	156	5	86
Swisher	239	8	177
Texas	2,245	11	2,043
Union	103	2	26
Wheeler	274	7	208
TOTAL	38,635	501	26,445