Omicron was supposed to be the milder version of COVID-19. However, when it comes to fatalities, it’s proving to be just as formidable as other variants. On Wednesday, the Texas Department of State Health Services noted two additional deaths of Kerr County residents on Jan. 1 and the other on Jan. 15.
Kerr County’s unofficial January death toll is now 11 people, including five deaths between Jan. 14-16. DSHS does not tally nursing home deaths in its count.
While the number of positive cases declined in Texas — still more than 30,000 — there were two significant negative indicators on the rise — hospitalizations and fatalities.
On Wednesday, the number of hospitalized rose to more than 13,300, including more than 2,000 in intensive care units. The number of children hospitalized was 489, and fatalities rose statewide to more than 250.
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COVID-19 DEATHS SINCE JANUARY 1, 2022
- Jan. 1, 2022, as reported by the Texas Department of State Health Services (reported on Jan. 26)
- Jan. 3, 2022, as reported by the Texas Department of State Health Services (reported on Jan. 6)
- Jan. 4, 2022, as reported by the Texas Department of State Health Services
- Jan. 7, 2022, as reported by the Texas Department of State Health Services
- Jan. 8-9, 2022, as reported at Alpine Terrace Nursing Home by the Texas Department of Health and Human Services.
- Jan. 14, 2022, as reported by the Texas Department of State Health Services (reported on Jan. 22)
- Jan. 14, 2022, as reported by the Texas Department of State Health Services (reported on Jan. 22)
- Jan. 15, 2022, as reported by the Texas Department of State Health Services.
- Jan. 15, 2022, as reported by the Texas Department of State Health Services (reported on Jan. 26)
- Jan. 16, 2022, as reported by the Texas Department of State Health Services (reported on Jan. 25).
- Jan. 18, 2022, as reported by the Texas Department of State Health Services (reported on Jan. 22)
