Maverick County Reports a Total of 105 Confirmed Positive COVID-19 Cases as of May 26, 2020
By: Ricardo E. Calderon, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2020
As more Maverick County, Texas citizens get tested for Coronavirus, the more people are steadily testing positive for the lethal COVID-19. Maverick Countians have stepped-up to testing compared to other Middle Rio Grande communities that have low testing numbers.
Eagle Pass and Maverick County Emergency Operations Center Co-Director Leopoldo “Polo” Vielma announced at the Tuesday, May 26, 2020 joint press conference of the City of Eagle Pass and Maverick County that a total of 105 people have tested positive for COVID-19 in Maverick County compared to the previous official pronouncement of 98 on Friday, May 22, 2020, an increase of seven new confirmed cases over the Memorial Day Holiday weekend. These new cases are from previous pending tests prior to the Memorial Day holiday.
How many positive COVID-19 cases may have become infected in Maverick County during the Memorial Day Holiday weekend will not be known until 10 to 14 days from May 25, 2020. With Texas reopening the economy and businesses on Friday, May 22, 2020, more Texans came out of their homes to partake in the Memorial Day weekend festivities while lowering their social distancing and other guidelines after being restrained for almost two months.
Vielma stated that a total of 1,943 people have been tested for COVID-19 in Maverick County with 1,422 negative results, 105 positive results, 416 people waiting for their test results, 20 people have recovered, and one fatality as of May 26, 2020.
Vielma recommended to all Maverick County residents to continue practicing social distancing and adhere to the CDC guidelines of wearing face masks, wash one’s hands regularly, use hand sanitizer, and limit travel to only essential matters.
The COVID-19 virus is not yet contained in Maverick County nor in the State of Texas, United States, and the world. The problem is that there is no cure nor vaccine for the highly contagious and deadly Coronavirus. A total human effort is required to slow the spread of the invisible virus afflicting the world until scientists are able to find and develop a vaccine for it, which could take years.
Vielma reminded Maverick Countians that if they have one or more of the COVID-19 symptoms such as cough, fever, or shortness of breath, please contact one of the four screening centers available in Maverick County to get tested for COVID-19, including United Medical Centers, Maverick County Hospital District, Fort Duncan Regional Medical Center Emergency Room, and the Stat Emergency Center.
As of May 26, 2020, the State of Texas reported a total of 56,560 people tested positive for COVID-19 with 1,536 fatalities out of a total of 821,233 virus tests and 84,841 antibody tests administered. Another 1,534 Texans are hospitalized with the COVID-19 virus as of May 26, 2020.
