Maverick County Gains Five Confirmed Positive COVID-19 Cases During Memorial Day Weekend, Total Cases Now 103
By: Ricardo E. Calderon, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2020
While Maverick Countians enjoyed their three-day Memorial Day weekend holiday vacation, Coronavirus did not take a vacation in Maverick County as five new confirmed positive COVID-19 cases were reported by the Texas Department of State Health Services, according to Eagle Pass Mayor Luis E. Sifuentes.
On Friday, May 22, 2020, Maverick County reported a total of 98 confirmed positive COVID-19 cases immediately before the Memorial Day weekend holiday. Due to the holiday, the Eagle Pass and Maverick County Emergency Operations Center has not yet officially reported these new five positive cases, but will do so at its press conference on Tuesday, May 26, 2020.
With these new five positive cases during the Memorial Day holiday, Maverick County surpasses the century mark of confirmed positive COVID-19 cases with a total of 103. Further details of these new five positive cases will be provided by the Emergency Operations Center during its daily press conference on May 26th.
Maverick County residents are encouraged to continue practicing social distancing and follow all CDC guidelines such as frequently washing one’s hands, use hand sanitizer, maintain six feet distance with other people when in public, wear face masks in public, and limit travel only to essential matters.
Maverick County now has four COVID-19 screening centers for residents who have one or more symptoms of COVID-19 and need to be tested, including the United Medical Centers Clinic located at 1175 Eidson Road, Eagle Pass, Texas; Maverick County Hospital District located at 3406 Bob Rogers Drive, Eagle Pass, Texas; Fort Duncan Regional Medical Center located at 3333 N. Foster-Maldonado Blvd., Eagle Pass, Texas; and Stat Emergency Center located at 2114 N. Veterans Blvd., Eagle Pass, Texas.
