Maverick County Records Two New Fatalities from COVID-19, Cumulative Total Reaches 400 Fatalities on October 13, 2021
By: Ricardo E. Calderon, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2021
The Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) reported two new fatalities from COVID-19 in Maverick County, Texas on Wednesday, October 13, 2021, bringing the total cumulative fatalities to 400 local people since February 2020.
Maverick County has been ripped by the Delta variant of the coronavirus since August 2021 until now among unvaccinated people, causing over 35 fatalities.
Maverick County like the State of Texas continues being affected by the transmission of COVID-19, resulting in an increase of fatalities from coronavirus. Maverick County reported 42 new confirmed positive cases on October 13, 2021, bringing the cumulative total to 12,642 confirmed positive cases. Reaching the 400 fatalities mark was a sad day in Maverick County as the coronavirus remains active and highly transmissible within the community, particularly among those people who remain unvaccinated.
Texas reported 22,302 new confirmed positive cases on October 13, bringing the cumulative to 4,164,309 positive cases, according to Smartnews.com. Texas reported 1,183 fatalities on October 13, bringing the cumulative total to 68,278 fatalities from COVID-19, according to Smartnews.com.
Maverick County citizens are encouraged to get vaccinated and continue following the CDC guidelines of wearing a face mask, wash hands regularly, use hand sanitizer regularly, practice social distancing of at least six feet, and exercise prudent discretion when indoors and with groups of 10 or more people.
