Lubbock confirmed 30 new coronavirus cases, 15 more people recovered and no new COVID-19-linked deaths on Friday. The total number of confirmed cases is listed at 48,347, with 47,447 people recovered and 183 active cases, according to data provided by the City of Lubbock Health Department. Since last March, 717 deaths have been linked to COVID-19, with four more reported since last Saturday. As of 4 p.m. Friday, there were a combined 37 open hospital beds and 14 patients holding for beds at University Medical Center and Covenant Health System. Note that this reflects staffed beds open to receive patients and differs from the available bed count shown on the DSHS and the City of Lubbock dashboards. These dashboards count all available beds, including specialty beds, such as pediatrics, PICU, outpatient, psychiatric and others, as well as hospitalized patients in the 22 county Trauma Service Area.