Brazos County health officials reported 71 new cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday.
With Wednesdayâs new cases, the countyâs overall number of cases recorded since the pandemic began rises to 11,918. Of those, 1,125 cases were active on Wednesday, a decrease of 37 from the day before. Officials said 10,661 cases are considered recovered.
Forty-eight people were hospitalized in Bryan-College Station for treatment related to the virus, two fewer than Tuesdayâs total, according to the health department. Brazos County hospitals were at 81% capacity, and intensive care units were 96% full on Wednesday, according to the health department. Those figures include all patients, not just those being treated for COVID-19.
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This is the highest number of active cases in the county since July 11 when there were 1,241. This is also the seventh time in the past 10 days that health officials have reported more than 100 new COVID-19 cases in a single day.
Brazos County health officials said 9,664 people had recovered from the illness as of Friday, 50 more than the day before.
Officials said 28% of the new cases reported Friday were among people in the 18- to 24-year-old age group.
There were 34 new probable COVID-19 cases reported Friday. To date, health officials have reported 2,023 total probable cases. Of those, 286 were considered active, and 1,737 were recovered. A probable COVID-19 case is determined by a positive antigen, or rapid, test. Confirmed COVID-19 cases are determined by a positive PCR test.