Texarkana-Area COVID Cases Finally See Significant Drops

Finally, we are seeing significant drops in case numbers across Texas and Arkansas, including deaths, and hospitalizations. Checking out Trauma Service Area F (see charts below) you will notice across-the-board improvement. 119 people hospitalized, down 47 from 166 last week, 32 are in ICU down 19 from the previous week. 15 are on ventilators down from 27 last week, and thankfully, we still have 0 reported pediatric patients in our area.

As always, stay healthy friends.

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Bowie County

New Cases: 3
Probable Cases: 38
Total All-Time Cases: 11720
Total Deaths: 389

Fully Vaccinated age 12 - 64: 38%
Fully Vaccinated age 65 and older: 65%

Cass County

New Cases: 6
Probable Cases: 20
Total All-Time Cases: 4446
Total Deaths: 181

Fully Vaccinated age 12 - 64: 36%
County Fully Vaccinated age 65 and older: 59%

State of Texas

Age 12 and over % Fully Vaccinated: 64%
Age 65 and over % Fully Vaccinated: 84%

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Miller County

Active Cases: 61
Total All-Time Cases: 8946
Total Deaths: 159

Partially Vaccinated: 5.8%
Fully Vaccinated: 15.8%

Little River County

Active Cases: 25
Total All-Time Cases: 3183
Total Deaths: 86

Partially Vaccinated: 7.2%
Fully Vaccinated: 32.1%

State of Arkansas

Partially Vaccinated ages 12 and up: 13.0%
Fully Vaccinated ages 12 and up: 54.8%

Vaccine Updates

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Arkansas State Data

Free COVID-19 testing is available at 902 W. 12th Street in Texarkana, Texas from 9:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. Monday through Saturday. To make an appointment visit https://texas.fulgentgenetics.com/ or call 877-862-4647.

Texarkana Area Chart Updates: (Open the images in a new browser to see them larger)

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