33 COVID-19 Deaths and 448 New Confirmed Positive COVID-19 Cases Reported During Month of September 2020 in Maverick County
By: Ricardo E. Calderon, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2020
A total of 33 new COVID-19 deaths and 448 new confirmed positive COVID-19 cases were reported in Maverick County, Texas during the month of September 2020, according to statistics announced by the joint City of Eagle Pass and Maverick County Emergency Operations Center.
On September 30, 2020, Maverick County reported a total of 19,461 people who had a COVID-19 test administered with 3,783 positive results, 15,498 negative results, 180 pending results, 326 active cases, 3,331 recovered people, 126 fatalities (deaths), 24 hospitalized people locally, and a positivity rate of 19.6%.
On August 31, 2020, Maverick County reported a total of 15,595 people who had a COVID-19 test administered with 3,335 positive results, 12,031 negative results, 229 pending results, 449 active cases, 2,793 recovered people, 93 fatalities (deaths), 30 hospitalized people locally, and a positivity rate of 21.7%.
The COVID-19 net results for the month of September 2020 in Maverick County include a total of 3,866 people tested for COVID-19 with 448 positive results, 3,467 negative results, 538 recovered people, 33 fatalities (deaths), and a 2.1% decrease in the positivity rate (from 21.7% to 19.6%).
Maverick County remains among the top counties in the United States with the highest reported COVID-19 cases, fatalities (deaths), and positivity rate based on an adjusted population basis, causing the New York Times to have it on its watch list of metropolitan areas in the United States.
