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Amarillo area reports 84 new COVID-19 cases, 1 death, 128 recoveries

Coronavirus on the High Plains Update

AMARILLO, Texas (KAMR/KCIT) — The Amarillo Public Health Department reported 84 new COVID-19 cases for Potter and Randall counties, one COVID-19-related death and 128 COVID-19 recoveries, according to data from the COVID-19 dashboard on the Amarillo Alerts webpage.

According to the dashboard, Potter County reported 44 new COVID-19 cases and 65 COVID-19 recoveries on Tuesday. This brings the county’s total to 36,840 cases, 759 deaths, and 35,415 recoveries.

Randall County reported 40 new COVID-19 cases, one COVID-19-related death and 63 COVID-19 recoveries on Tuesday. The county’s total is 39,415 cases, 521 deaths, and 38,166 recoveries.

The Hospitalization Rate for the High Plains, Trauma Service Area A, was noted at 3.21% 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: 31;
Adult COVID-19 patients in general beds: 26;
Adult COVID-19 patients in intensive care unit (ICU) beds: 3;
Pediatric COVID-19 patients in hospital: 2;
Confirmed COVID-19 admissions in the past 24 hours: 1;
Confirmed COVID-19 patients on ventilators: 8;
Total staffed hospital beds: 965;
Total staffed inpatient beds: 840;
Available staffed hospital beds: 198;
Available staffed adult ICU beds: 7;
Available staffed pediatric ICU beds: 1;
Available ventilators: 144.

CountyConfirmed Cases ReportedDeaths
Armstrong39810
Beaver1,2009
Briscoe4368
Carson1,00038
Castro2,20849
Childress2,98435
Cimarron7192
Collingsworth54617
Cottle3439
Curry15,548236
Dallam1,50245
Deaf Smith4,368119
Donley49326
Gray4,060134
Hall95624
Hardeman58023
Hansford72933
Hartley8773
Hemphill1,21510
Hutchinson5,315149
Lipscomb57117
Moore3,816116
Ochiltree2,21950
Oldham3016
Parmer1,51054
Potter43,924792
Quay2,61170
Randall47,607554
Roberts1612
Roosevelt6,284112
Sherman30116
Swisher1,37234
Texas7,06539
Union96319
Wheeler98424
TOTAL165,1662,884