Nursing Facilities and Rehabilitation Centers in Maverick County Report Eight Employees with COVID-19 and No Infected Patients and Deaths as of July 15, 2020
By: Ricardo E. Calderon, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2020
According to public health experts across the United States, approximately 40 percent of all deaths related to COVID-19 have come from residents and staff of nursing homes and rehabilitation centers as well as assisted living centers—over 50,000 deaths.
After public outcry for transparency by the State of Texas, Texas state public leaders finally acceded to public demand for transparency on the number of COVID-19 cases among residents and staff at all nursing facilities and rehabilitation centers and assisted-living centers effective on Monday, July 27, 2020 by disclosing these public-health statistics.
According to the Texas Health and Human Services, Texas has a total of 941 nursing facilities and rehabilitation centers with confirmed COVID-19 cases by residents and/or staff as of July 15, 2020. A total of 14,867 residents at nursing homes and rehabilitation centers in Texas have been infected with COVID-19 with a total of 1,973 fatalities from COVID-19 while 5,544 residents recovered.
Texas also has a total of 484 assisted living centers with confirmed COVID-19 cases by residents and/or staff as of July 15. A total of 1,791 residents of assisted living facilities in Texas have been infected with COVID-19 with 265 fatalities and 600 residents recovered as of July 15.
Maverick County reported three nursing facilities and rehabilitation centers, including Eagle Pass Nursing and Rehabilitation, La Hacienda de Paz Rehabilitation and Care Center, and Maverick Nursing and Rehabilitation Center.
Of the three local nursing facilities and rehabilitation centers, two of them reported confirmed COVID-19 cases by staff members and one reported none. Eagle Pass Nursing and Rehabilitation reported one active COVID-19 case among a staff member and a total cumulative of one staff person as of July 15. Maverick Nursing and Rehabilitation Center reported three active COVID-19 cases among staff members and a total cumulative of seven staff persons as of July 15. La Hacienda de Paz Rehabilitation and Care Center reported no active COVID-19 cases among staff members nor any cumulative cases as of July 15.
All three local nursing facilities and rehabilitation centers reported having no active COVID-19 cases among residents nor any cumulative cases as of July 15. The three local centers reported no residents being infected with COVID-19 cases nor any any deaths due to COVID-19 as of July 15, bucking the national and state trend of infected residents at these nursing facilities and rehabilitation centers.
