Eagle Pass Gets Eighth Confirmed Positive COVID-19 Individual
By: Ricardo E. Calderon, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2020
City of Eagle Pass, Texas Mayor Luis E. Sifuentes announced in his Facebook Page that the City had received its eighth confirmed positive COVID-19 individual on Wednesday, April 8, 2020, a family member of another positive COVID-19 individual in the community.
The Texas Department of State Health Services in Austin, Texas is the official state agency responsible for documenting and reporting all the COVID-19 cases in the State of Texas. As of April 8, 2020, the State of Texas had a total of 96,268 people tested out of a population of 28 Million, 9,353 people have tested positive for COVID-19, 177 Texans have died from COVID-19 within the State, 1,491 Texans are currently hospitalized with COVID-19, 770 Texans have recovered from COVID-19, and 167 Counties out of 254 in the State have one or more positive COVID-19 case(s).
The City of Eagle Pass and Maverick County have had 263 people tested for COVID-19 out of a population of 60,000, 8 people have tested positive for COVID-19, 193 people have tested negative for COVID-19, 62 people are awaiting their test results for COVID-19, and two people have recovered.
At their daily joint press conference regarding the COVID-19 pandemic on Wednesday, April 8, 2020, Maverick County Judge David R. Saucedo and Mayor Luis E. Sifuentes urged all residents to obey and comply with the Declarations of Disaster Public Health Emergency due to the COVID-19 in order to prevent the spread of the virus within the community and to exercise social distancing by maintaining oneself at least six feet from another individual.
County Judge Saucedo highlighted the new modifications to the Declaration of Disaster approved by both the City of Eagle Pass and Maverick County on April 7, 2020 and April 8, 2020, requiring that all persons over the age of 5 years old wear a face mask or face cover over their nose and mouth when in public, that all persons who tested positive for COVID-19 or those persons coming in contact with persons who tested positive are required to isolate themselves at their homes for a period of 14 days or as determined by the Local Health Authority, and the imposition of a fine of up to $1,000 or confinement in jail of up to six (6) months for violating the County and City’s Declaration of Disaster.
Mayor Sifuentes reminded all residents that these requirements under the Declarations of Disaster are for the purpose of protecting the health and safety of all residents in Eagle Pass and Maverick County and to prevent community spread of the lethal COVID-19.
