Three Maverick County Citizens Dead from COVID-19 and 108 New Confirmed Positive COVID-19 Cases Announced on July 28, 2020, Bringing Total to 34 Deaths and 1,730 Cases
By: Ricardo E. Calderon, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2020
Eagle Pass Assistant Fire Chief and Co-Director of the Eagle Pass and Maverick County Emergency Operations Center Rodolfo “Woody” Cardona sadly announced that three additional Maverick County citizens passed away from COVID-19 and 108 new confirmed positive COVID-19 cases were recorded on Tuesday, July 28, 2020, bringing the cumulative total to 34 deaths and 1,730 cases.
Cardona stated a total of 10,624 people in Maverick County have taken a COVID-19 test with 1,730 positive results, 8,168 negative results, 726 pending results, 893 active cases, 803 recovered cases, 49 hospitalized patients, 34 fatalities, and the positivity rate has skyrocketed to 17.4 percent.
Cardona noted that of the 49 hospitalized patients, there are 12 in the Intensive Care Unit with nine positive cases and three pending results, 24 patients in the Medical Floor with 19 positive cases and five pending results, 11 patients in the Emergency Room with four positive cases and seven pending results, and three patients in the Women’s Post-Partum Department with two positive cases and one pending results. There are eight people on ventilators at Fort Duncan Regional Medical Center.
Cardona added that the total number of hospitalized patients at the only local hospital have decreased slightly due to the transfer of some COVID-19 patients to hospitals in San Antonio, Texas.
Maverick County District Clerk and Co-Director of the Eagle Pass and Maverick County Emergency Operations Center stated that Maverick County has not slowed the curve of COVID-19 infections as the daily numbers continue to be high or increase as well as the total number of fatalities remains unabated.
With the announcement of these three new deaths announced on July 28, 2020, the total number of deaths for the week of July 26-August 1 is on a record-breaking pace as five deaths were reported on Monday, July 27, 2020, totaling eight to date—ahead of schedule of breaking the highest number of deaths due to COVID-19 in a week of 10 set last week.
