Breaking News! Three More Maverick County Citizens Die from COVID-19 and 54 New Confirmed Positive Cases Reported, Bringing Total to 12 Deaths and 874 Cases
By: Ricardo E. Calderon, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2020
The silent and invisible novel coronavirus struck again in Maverick County, Texas claiming the lives of three local citizens and 54 new confirmed positive COVID-19 cases were reported on Monday, July 13, 2020 by Maverick County Judge David R. Saucedo and Eagle Pass Mayor Luis E. Sifuentes at a press conference, bringing the total of deaths related to COVID-19 to 12 and the total number of positive cases to 874.
County Judge Saucedo stated a total of 8,095 people in Maverick County have taken a COVID-19 test with 874 positive results, 6,302 negative results, 919 waiting for test results, 498 active cases, 376 recovered, 43 hospitalized, 12 deaths related to COVID-19, and the positivity rate skyrocketing to 12.2 percent.
Saucedo noted that the three citizens who succumbed to the deadly COVID-19 virus passed away on late Friday, July 10, another on Saturday, July 11, and a third on Monday, July 13. Saucedo expressed his condolences to the families of the deceased.
Saucedo added that 43 Maverick County citizens are hospitalized at the Fort Duncan Regional Medical Center, including 10 in the Intensive Care Unit with nine on ventilators, 22 on the Medical Floor, and 11 in the Emergency Room. He noted Fort Duncan Regional Medical Center reports being at 70 percent capacity with COVID-19 and non-COVID-19 patients.
Saucedo pointed out that Mayor Luis E. Sifuentes, members of the Emergency Operations Center, and him are meeting with Fort Duncan Regional Medical Center representatives on Tuesday, July 14, to complete the county’s contingency plan in the event the local hospital’s maximum capacity is overwhelmed by COVID-19 patients.
Saucedo highlighted that Maverick County had received five nurses from the State of Texas and 12 Medics from the U.S. military to assist the medical staff at Fort Duncan Regional Medical Center to handle the surge of positive COVID-19 cases in the community.
Eagle Pass Mayor Luis E. Sifuentes encouraged all Maverick County citizens to follow the CDC Guidelines, including wearing a face mask in public, wash hands regularly with soap, use hand sanitizer, social distancing of six feet, avoid gatherings of 10 or more, limit travel to essential matters, and stay at home, to avoid community spread of COVID-19.
