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by: David Gay Posted: Oct 21, 2022 / 04:41 PM CDT Updated: Oct 21, 2022 / 04:41 PM CDT AMARILLO, Texas (KAMR/KCIT) — The city of Amarillo’s public health department released
its most recent COVID-19 report card on Friday, featuring combined weekly data for Potter and Randall counties, total COVID-19 data since March 2020 as well as the most recent COVID-19 hospitalization information. According to the Oct. 21 COVID-19 Report Card, 13 patients were hospitalized from COVID-19 as of Friday, one of which was reported as being in the intensive care unit. The numbers are reported to the public health department by the BSA Health
System, Northwest Texas Healthcare System and Thomas E. Creek VA Medical Center. Since Aug. 1, 2021, APH said that there have been 539 COVID-19 patient deaths across Amarillo, 81% of which were reported as unvaccinated. In the report card, the public health department reported that Potter and Randall counties saw 95 total new cases from Oct. 14 to Oct. 20, resulting in a seven-day new case average of 14 new COVID-19 cases per day as well as a 7% seven-day COVID-19 positivity rate. Since March 2020, the public health department is reporting that there have been a total of 82,718 COVID-19 cases in Potter and Randall counties. The department also reports that there have been 1,310
COVID-19-related deaths since the start of the pandemic. Officials from the city previously said that officials from the public health department will continue to update the COVID-19 dashboard on the Amarillo Alerts website daily. The Amarillo Public Health Department did not update their COVID-19 information for Potter and Randall counties on Friday before this story’s publication. The Hospitalization Rate for the High Plains, Trauma
Service Area A, was noted at 1.4% according to data from the Texas Department of State Health Services. Trauma Service Area A is also reporting the following COVID-19-related hospitalization data: Lab-Confirmed COVID-19 patients currently in hospital: 14;
COVID-19 Hospitalization
COVID-19 Report Card
Overview
Most Recent COVID-19 Information
Adult COVID-19 patients in general beds: 14;
Adult COVID-19 patients in intensive care unit (ICU) beds: 0;
Pediatric COVID-19 patients in hospital: 0;
Confirmed COVID-19 admissions in the past 24 hours: 3;
Confirmed
COVID-19 patients on ventilators: 0;
Total staffed hospital beds: 997;
Total staffed inpatient beds: 877;
Available staffed hospital beds: 201;
Available staffed adult ICU beds: 5;
Available staffed pediatric ICU beds: 1;
Available ventilators: 148.County
Confirmed Cases Reported
Deaths
Armstrong
430
10
Beaver
1,130
9
Briscoe
384
8
Carson
1,150
37
Castro
2,063
48
Childress
2,662
34
Cimarron
671
2
Collingsworth
539
16
Cottle
306
9
Curry
14,604
231
Dallam
1,767
44
Deaf Smith
4,210
117
Donley
478
26
Gray
4,303
132
Hall
959
24
Hardeman
545
20
Hansford
721
30
Hartley
1,046
3
Hemphill
1,120
8
Hutchinson
5,831
141
Lipscomb
571
17
Moore
3,942
113
Ochiltree
2,182
49
Oldham
333
6
Parmer
1,533
53
Potter
40,266
773
Quay
2,402
69
Randall
42,846
537
Roberts
156
2
Roosevelt
5,876
109
Sherman
375
16
Swisher
1,327
34
Texas
6,581
39
Union
911
20
Wheeler
979
23
TOTAL
155,199
2,809