Hospitalizations related to COVID-19 in Trauma Service Area L â which includes Bell County â are now the highest in Texas, according to the Texas Department of State Health Services.
The hospitalization rate of 11.58 percent reported by the state is nearing closer to the 15 percent capacity that would allow occupancy restrictions to be put back into place.
The surge in hospitalizations comes as the Bell County Public Health District on Monday reported one new COVID-19-related death on its online dashboard. The county deaths now total 471.
âThe other thing to highlight, in my mind, from the state dashboard is that TSA L has now had the highest hospitalization rate of any TSA in the state for the past four days,â Bell County Judge David Blackburn said. âPrior to that, we have never had the highest rate in the state.â
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As the delta variant of the COVID-19 virus continues to spread amongst the unvaccinated, the incidence rate of cases in Bell County has more than tripled in two weeks.
The Bell County Public Health District reported on its dashboard Friday that the county now has 711 reported active cases of the coronavirus.
The county also is currently seeing an incidence rate of 195.9 cases per 100,000 people. This is a large spike from the 60.3 cases per 100,000 people incidence rate that was seen two weeks ago when the district restarted reporting cases on its dashboard.
Nikki Morrow, interim director for the district, said the county continued to see the unvaccinated accounting for a large amount of those getting the virus locally.
Bell County health officials weigh-in on rising COVID cases
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An alarming trend of COVID-19 cases increasing across the country has some local health officials concerned. Bell County health officials say the trends we are seeing on a national level, reflect what s happening here in Central Texas.
The uptick in COVID cases and fewer folk getting vaccinated has Jude David Blackburn anticipating more people checking in to the hospital. The point being is that we were at double-digit incidence rate. It can also be a precursor for hospitalization rate or capacity in the county. So that s concerning, he said. What our health care providers have been telling me is that they re seeing the number of incidents right now, they haven t seen in it this the high since March of this year.