The county saw two new COVID-19 related deaths Thursday according to the Bell County Public Health District.
Dr. Amanda Robison-Chadwell, director of the district, said the two new deaths included a man in his 80s from Temple and a man in his 40s from Killeen. These deaths bring the countyâs total to 413.
The district also reported seeing a slight increase in the incidence rate of the virus with 87.5 cases per 100,000 people, an increase over yesterdayâs 86.5 cases per 100,000.
Robison-Chadwell said the county currently has 318 active COVID-19 cases, with 21,679 cases and 20,948 recoveries overall.
The district also announced that it would discontinue its Friday updates to the dashboard, only updating Monday through Thursday.
Bell incidence rate drops slightly
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Bell Co. Public Health partnering up with hospitals to address 2nd dose appointment issues
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The clock is ticking for some Bell County residents who have not received their second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.
Some people who have received their 1
st dose of the vaccine through the Bell County Public Health District told 25 News they re having trouble scheduling their second dose appointment.
Itâs an issue the county is working to address.
âI have spoken to a few people who have had this problem we are definitely aware of it at the county level. Regardless of how this has happened our priority is to figure out how best to serve the people who are having trouble getting that second appointment right now,â said James Stafford, Bell Countyâs Public Information Officer.
Total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Central Texas tops 76,000 Staff © Provided by Waco-Temple-Bryan KWTX-TV More than 25,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine hare headed to Central Texas providers this week as part of more than 2.5 million doses allocated statewide. More than 76,000 cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed in Central Texas since the start of the pandemic a year ago and the virus has claimed nearly 1,600 lives in the region. (File)
(KWTX) – The total number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Central Texas rose by 108 Monday to 76,045 and the death toll increased by at least two.
COVID-19 has claimed as many as 1,624 lives in Central Texas, but according to Department of State Health Services data Monday the regional death toll was 1,599 including 396 Bell County residents, 14 fewer than the local count of 410; 33 Bosque County residents; 84 Coryell County residents; 31 Falls County residents; 48 Freestone County residents; 26 Hamilton County re
The Temple Independent School District announced on Tuesday that it will exclusively offer in-person learning for the 2021-22 academic school year.
Temple ISD Superintendent Bobby Ott â who noted that the decision followed consultation with the Bell County Public Health District â said about 88 percent of Temple ISDâs students are currently enrolled for on-campus instruction.
âRemote instruction has proven to be a far lesser option to in-person learning, in particular for our younger students,â he said in a news release. âOur data shows that students who were enrolled in on-campus learning out-performed their remote learning peers across the board.â
The third-year superintendent cited an increase in student failure rates across his district.
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