Peterson Health reported another double-digit day of positive COVID-19 tests, increases in the intensive care unit and breakthrough cases of vaccinated people.
All told Thursday, Peterson reported 56 new cases, 34 unvaccinated. But the results also showed the continuing trend of vaccinated people infected with COVID-19 — most likely the omicron variant. This week 36% testing positive are vaccinated.
Excluding Monday's 39 cases, Kerr County averaged 40 new cases per day this week. All four days this week rank among the top 25 in terms of most cases for a day.
A model, developed in part by Harvard physician Dr. Jeremy Faust, suggests Kerr County would have to average more than 60 positive cases per day for state or county officials to enact some sort of "circuit breaker" to slow the spread of the virus. Faust proposes short-term restrictions aimed at protecting a community's hospitals.
"Such restrictions are familiar and should include eliminating indoor dining or limiting seating capacity drastically," Faust wrote in his Inside Medicine blog. "(This means that temporary government relief for affected businesses should again be provided.) Other large gatherings like concerts should go virtual temporarily or should limit their capacity dramatically. Working from home should be encouraged when possible."
However, doing any of that in Texas is severely limited by Gov. Greg Abbott's prohibition on COVID-19 related mandates.
The positivity wave set another record across Texas — 26% positivity through the molecular tests. However, the antigen tests showed 16% positivity. Texas reported more than 14,000 new cases — confirmed and probable. The state reported 90 deaths — none from Kerr County.
Peterson Regional Medical Center stayed steady with 10 people hospitalized, but four were in intensive care. Across Texas, the number of hospitalizations rose by 12.3% — the highest one-day increase this week. Hospital admissions rose to 5,500 Texans COVID-19, including 220 children.
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LARGEST ONE-DAY CASE KERR COUNTY CASE COUNTS
- 142, Monday, Sept. 21, 2020
- 117, Tuesday, Jan 5, 2021
- 110, Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2020
- 92, Monday, Sept. 20, 2021
- 84, Thursday, Dec. 23, 2020
- 81, Saturday, Dec. 12, 2020
- 74, Friday, Dec. 18, 2020
- 71, Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2020
- 62, Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2021
- 62, Thursday, Jan. 21, 2021
- 56, Thursday, Dec. 30, 2021
- 52, Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2021
- 51, Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2021
- 51, Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2020
- 47, Sunday, July 12, 2020
- 39, Monday, Dec. 27, 2021
- 39, Wednesday, Dec. 29, 2021
- 34, Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2021
- 32, Friday, Oct. 22, 2021
- 31, Thursday, July 16, 2020
- 30, Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2021
- 27, Tuesday, Dec. 28, 2021
- 26, Thursday, July 23, 2020
