Three More Maverick County Citizens Dead from COVID-19 and 90 New Confirmed Positive COVID-19 Cases Reported on August 17, 2020, Bringing Total to 69 Deaths and 2,863 Cases
By: Ricardo E. Calderon, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2020
The silent and invisible novel coronavirus continues to surge in Maverick County, Texas as local county officials reported three additional deaths from COVID-19 and 90 new confirmed positive COVID-19 cases on Monday, August 17, 2020, bringing the cumulative total to 69 deaths and 2,863 cases.
Maverick County Judge David R. Saucedo stated that a total of 13,725 people in Maverick County have been administered a COVID-19 test with 2,863 positive results, 10,564 negative results, 298 pending results, 2,044 recovered, 750 active cases, 42 hospitalized patients, 69 deaths, and the positivity rate increased to 21.3 percent.
County Judge Saucedo expressed his deepest condolences to the families of the three local citizens who succumbed to COVID-19.
Eagle Pass Mayor Luis E. Sifuentes encouraged all Maverick County residents to follow the CDC Guidelines such as wearing a face mask, washing one’s hands with soap regularly, use hand sanitizer, practice social and physical distancing of at least six feet apart, avoid gatherings, limit travel to essential matters, and stay home in order to slow the community spread of COVID-19 in the community.
