Maverick County Confirmed Positive COVID-19 Cases Leap to 45

By: Ricardo E. Calderon, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2020

The City of Eagle Pass and Maverick County Local Health Authority Dr. Victoriano Valdez announced at the joint City and County daily press conference held on Monday, May 11, 2020, that four new people had tested positive for COVID-19 in Maverick County, causing the total number of confirmed positive COVID-19 cases to leap from the previous 41 to 45 people.

Dr. Victoriano Valdez stated that a total of 905 people have been tested for COVID-19 in Maverick County with 677 negative results, 45 positive results, 183 pending results, 12 people have recovered, and no deaths as of May 11, 2020.

Dr. Valdez stated these “test information available lead us to believe two things, number one that the more we test the more chances we can identify positive patients, [whether] symptomatic or asymptomatic, so we can treat them accordingly, and number two that the importance to to continue the present recommendations of washing our hands, maintaining self-distancing, using a mask, sanitizing our belongings, will definitely lead a decrease of incidence of this infection.”

Dr. Valdez encourages all residents of Maverick County to stay at home and save lives.