Lubbock County Judge Curtis Parrish received a letter from the Texas Department of State Health Services on Tuesday saying Lubbock and the surrounding counties can ease COVID-19 restrictions as hospital conditions have improved.
City officials announced later that 109 new COVID-19 infections and 143 recoveries. They also announced a 10.83% COVID-19 hospitalization rate for Monday the seventh consecutive day that Lubbock was below the 15% hospitalization threshold.
The new infections raises Lubbock County s total case count to 47,132, with 1,545 cases listed as active and 44,911 listed as recovered.
No deaths were reported Tuesday, which keeps the county s COVID-linked fatalities at 676.
As of Tuesday, 102 people were hospitalized by the disease with 30 patients in the ICU. Officials reported a combined 13 open hospital beds and 23 patients holding for beds at University Medical Center and Covenant Health System.
WATCH LIVE: City of Lubbock COVID-19 news conference for Feb. 3 City of Lubbock COVID-19 news conference By KCBD Staff | February 3, 2021 at 9:50 AM CST - Updated February 3 at 11:22 AM
LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) - The City of Lubbock will host a virtual COVID-19 news conference Wednesday, Feb 3, at 11:30 a.m.
Panelists for the news conference will include Director of Public Health Katherine Wells, Mayor Dan Pope, and Dr. Ron Cook.
The City of Lubbock confirmed 109 new cases of Coronavirus, and 143 recoveries on Tuesday. The total number of cases in Lubbock County is 47,132: 1,545 active, 44,911 listed as recovered and 676 total deaths.
As of 4:00 p.m. on Feb. 3, there are a combined 61 open hospital beds and 29 patients holding for beds at University Medical Center and Covenant Health System.
The total number of COVID-19 cases in Lubbock County reached 47,020 today, according to a release made by the City of Lubbock. 1,598 of these are active and 44,746 are