Amarillo mayor divulges recent COVID-19 diagnosis during Wednesday's COVID-19 conference
During Wednesday's weekly COVID-19 news conference, Mayor Ginger Nelson announced that she and her husband were recently diagnosed with COVID-19.
The city's public health department reported an increase of 726 total COVID-19 cases from Tuesday in Potter and Randall counties, bringing the area's total to 22,803 cases since the beginning of the pandemic.
Of the total, 7,542 are active, an increase of 460 net active cases from Tuesday. There have been 14,977 recoveries and 284 deaths related to the virus since the beginning of the pandemic.
According to the report card, there have been 125,377 conducted COVID-19 tests reported to the public health department, 151 of which are pending. The city's report card includes a COVID-19 hospitalization rate of 39.35% for Trauma Service A, which includes Potter and Randall counties, calculated daily by the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS).
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