Five new cases of COVID-19 reported here
The number of active COVID-19 cases in Wichita County has more than tripled in the last week according to the Wichita Falls-Wichita County Public Health District.
Since last Wednesday 110 new active cases of the novel Coronavirus were reported in Wichita County, with five of those identified as residents of Iowa Park. This brings the total number of cases in the county since March 18 to 230, with 79 of those patients recovered.
Included in those numbers are an employee and a patient at Texhoma Christian Care Center, and three employees at Red River Hospital.
With the numbers of infections increasing, so are hospitalizations.
Eight of those testing positive in the past week are now hospitalized, the first time a Covid victim has been hospitalized in Wichita County since May 7. The remaining 141 active cases are recovering at home.
Lou Kreidler, Director of Health for the Wichita Falls-Wichita County Public Health District strongly recommended workers and customers wear masks in order to slow down the increase in cases, many of which are community spread. “I don’t see us having a decrease in cases in the foreseeable future,” Kreidler said in an interview Tuesday.
She continued, “My hope is that people will see an increase in the number of cases, and begin to think about their risks. Social distancing, wearing a mask and washing your ing your hands are the three most important things people can do to prevent the spread of Covid.”
Wichita County Judge Woody Gossum echoed Kreidler’s concerns, saying, “There is no doubt masking is an important thing and we want to see it.” When asked if Wichita County opened too soon, Gossum replied, “We should have opened but masking should have been part of it.”
Judge Gossum released the following statement Tuesday:
“In a conference call yesterday, a well-known medical person stressed three key COVID prevention practices:
Hand Sanitizing
Masking
Social Distancing
Each of us can do these things personally for our own safety and that of others. Masking is not an unusual practice. We all expect it in surgery. Another local physician said he masked to protect his patient – much as what we are asking.
Retailers are key in the sanitizing of the facility both actively and with sanitizer for customers. Masking by employees sets the stage for customers to follow. Last but very important is social distancing for all.
As county judge, I am reluctant to sign a “masking order” that has very ambiguous enforcement provisions under the Governor’s latest statement. Second, I do not want to place business owners and law enforcement in precarious positions.
Local governments may be able to pass more definitive orders to help bolster masking and public safety. I encourage them to do so with extreme efforts to anticipate the many situations that will not fit the order and cause considerable confusion for the public.
We are appealing to the public to take personal responsibility and reduce this problem.”
Iowa Park Mayor Ray Shultz said, “Wash your hands, don’t touch your face.
If you feel uncomfortable going into public without a mask, wear a mask. Make sure you are social distancing. If we follow what we need to do with social distancing, washing our hands, we can get this under control and get those numbers back down.”
So far in Wichita County, a total of 8,697 residents have been tested with 7,698 of the results coming back negative. As of Wednesday morning, 769 tests were still pending.
As a reminder, the definitions of the types of cases are as follows:
Contact to a previous case: The exposure occurred directly from another positive case.
Close contact to a previous case: The exposure occurred directly from another positive household case.
Community spread: The exposure is unknown.
Of the most recent cases that have been fully investigated, the public health district lists ten of those as travel related, 52 by contact; and 37 as community spread cases. Ten are still under investigation.
The new cases reported in the past week include:
Case 121
The patient is between the ages of 30 – 39 and is currently in isolation at home recovering. This is a community spread case.
Case 122
The patient is between the ages of 20 – 29 and is currently in isolation at home recovering. This is a contact to a previous case.
Case 123
The patient is between the ages of 60 – 69 and is currently in isolation at home recovering. The patient is a close contact to a previous case.
Case 124
The patient is between the ages of 40 – 49, is asymptomatic, and is currently in isolation at home recovering. The patient is a close contact to a previous case.
Case 125
The patient is between the ages of 6 – 19, is asymptomatic, and is currently in isolation at home recovering. The patient had no daycare exposure. The patient is a close contact to a previous case.
Case 126
The patient is between the ages of 30 – 39 and is currently in isolation at home recovering. This a community spread case.
Case 127
The patient is between the ages of 20 – 29 and is currently in isolation at home recovering. The patient is a contact to a previous case.
Case 128
The patient is between the ages of 50 – 59 and is currently in isolation at home recovering. The patient is a contact to a previous case.
Case 129
The patient is between the ages of 40 – 49 and is currently in isolation at home recovering. This is a travel-related case to Colorado.
Case 130
The patient is between the ages of 20 – 29 and is currently in isolation at home recovering. This is a travel-related case within the state of Texas.
Case 131
The patient is between the ages of 20 – 29 and is currently in isolation at home recovering. This is a travel-related case within the state of Texas.
Case 132
The patient is between the ages of 20 – 29 and is currently in isolation at home recovering. This is a travel-related case to Colorado.
Case 133
The patient is between the ages of 40 – 49 and is currently in isolation at home recovering. This is a community spread case.
Case 134
The patient is between the ages of 6 – 19 and is currently in isolation at home recovering. The patient had no daycare exposure. This is a community spread case.
Case 135
The patient is between the ages of 20 – 29 and is currently in isolation at home recovering. This is a community spread case.
Case 136
The patient is between the ages of 60 - 69 and is currently in isolation at home recovering. This is a community spread case.
Case 137
The patient is between the ages of 20 - 29 and is currently in isolation at home recovering. This is a community spread case.
Case 138
The patient is between the ages of 60 – 69 and is currently in isolation at home recovering. This is a close contact to a previous case.
Case 139
The patient is between the ages of 20 – 29 and is currently in isolation at home recovering. This is a contact to a previous case.
Case 140
The patient is between the ages of 40 – 49 and is currently in isolation at home recovering. This is a community spread case.
Case 141
The patient is between the ages of 20 – 29 and is currently in isolation at home recovering. This is a community spread case.
Case 142
The patient is between the ages of 30 – 39 and is currently in isolation at home recovering. This is a close contact to a previous case.
Case 143
The patient is between the ages of 40 – 49 and is currently in isolation at home recovering. This is a contact to a previous case.
Case 144
The patient is between the ages of 40 – 49 and is currently in isolation at home recovering. This is a close contact to a previous case.
Case 145
The patient is between the ages of 20 – 29 and is currently in isolation at home recovering. This is a travel-related case within the state of Texas.
Case 146
The patient is between the ages of 30 – 39 and is currently in isolation at home recovering. This case is currently still under investigation.
Case 147
The patient is between the ages of 30 – 39 and is currently in isolation at home recovering. This is a contact to a previous case.
Case 148
The patient is between the ages of 20 – 29 and is currently in isolation at home recovering. This is a community spread case.
Case 149
The patient is between the ages of 30 – 39 and is currently in isolation at home recovering. This is a contact to a previous case.
Case 150
The patient is between the ages of 40 – 49 and is currently in isolation at home recovering. This is a community spread case.
Case 151
The patient is between the ages of 30 – 39 and is currently in isolation at home recovering. This is a community spread case.
Case 152
The patient is between the ages of 20 – 29 and is currently in isolation at home recovering. This is a travel-related case to California.
Case 153
The patient is between the ages of 20 – 29 and is currently in isolation at home recovering. This is a contact to a previous case.
Case 154
The patient is between the ages of 20 – 29 and is currently in isolation at home recovering. This is a community spread case.
Case 155
The patient is between the ages of 20 – 29 and is currently in isolation at home recovering. This is a travel-related case within Texas.
Case 156
The patient is between the ages of 6 – 19 and is currently in isolation at home recovering. The patient had no day care exposure. This is a community spread case.
Case 157
The patient is between the ages of 20 – 29 and is currently in isolation at home recovering. This a close contact to a previous case.
Case 158
The patient is between the ages of 30 – 39 and is hospitalized in stable condition. This is a community spread case.
Case 159
The patient is between the ages of 20 – 29 and is currently in isolation at home recovering. This is a contact to a previous case.
Case 160
The patient is between the ages of 60 – 69 and is currently in isolation at home recovering. This is a contact to a previous case.
Case 161
The patient is between the ages of 40 – 49 and is currently in isolation at home recovering. This is a contact to a previous case.
Case 162
The patient is between the ages of 60 – 69 and is currently in isolation at home recovering. This is a community spread case.
Case 163
The patient is between the ages of 30 – 39, is asymptomatic, and is currently in isolation at home recovering. This is a contact to a previous case.
Case 164
The patient is between the ages of 30 – 39 and is currently in isolation at home recovering. This is a contact to a previous case.
Case 165
The patient is between the ages of 20 – 29 and is currently in isolation at home recovering. This is a close contact to a previous case.
Case 166
The patient is between the ages of 60 – 69 and is currently in isolation at home recovering. This is a contact to a previous case.
Case 167
The patient is between the ages of 30 – 39 and is currently in isolation at home recovering. This is a contact to a previous case.
Case 168
The patient is between the ages of 30 – 39 and is currently in isolation at home recovering. This is a contact to a previous case.
Case 169
The patient is between the ages of 40 – 49 and is currently in isolation at home recovering. This is a community spread case.
Case 170
The patient is between the ages of 30 - 39, is asymptomatic, and is currently in isolation at home recovering. This is a contact to a previous case.
Case 171
The patient is between the ages of 20 – 29 and is currently in isolation at home recovering. This is a contact to a previous case.
Case 172
The patient is between the ages of 40 – 49 and is currently in isolation at home recovering. This is a community spread case.
Case 173
The patient is between the ages of 40 – 49 and is currently in isolation at home recovering. This is a contact to a previous case.
Case 174
The patient is between the ages of 50 – 59 and is currently in isolation at home recovering. This is a contact to a previous case.
Case 175
The patient is between the ages of 40 – 49 and is currently in isolation at home recovering. This a community spread case.
Case 176
The patient is between the ages of 60 – 69 and is currently hospitalized in serious condition. This is a contact to a previous case.
Case 177
The patient is between the ages of 60 – 69 and is currently in isolation at home recovering. This is a contact to a previous case.
Case 178
The patient is between the ages of 6 – 19, had no daycare exposure and is currently in isolation at home recovering. This is a close contact to a previous case.
Case 179
The patient is between the ages of 60 – 69 and is currently in isolation at home recovering. This is a travel-related case within the state of Texas.
Case 180
The patient is between the ages of 20 – 29 and is currently in isolation at home recovering. This is a community spread case.
Case 181
The patient is between the ages of 30 – 39 and is currently in isolation at home recovering. This is a travel-related case within the state of Texas.
Case 182
The patient is between the ages of 20 – 29 and is currently in isolation at home recovering. This is a community spread case.
Case 183
The patient is between the ages of 60 – 69 and is currently in isolation at home recovering. This is a community spread case.
Case 184
The patient is between the ages of 70 – 79 and is currently in isolation at home recovering. This is a contact to a previous case.
Case 185
The patient is between the ages of 20 - 29 and is currently in isolation at home recovering. This is a community spread case.
Case 186
The patient is between the ages of 20 - 29 and is currently in isolation at home recovering. This is a community spread case.
Case 187
The patient is between the ages of 40 - 49 and is currently in isolation at home recovering. This is a contact to a previous case.
Case 188
The patient is between the ages of 6 – 19, had no daycare exposure and is currently in isolation at home recovering. This is a close contact to a previous case.
Case 189
The patient is between the ages of 20 - 29 and is currently in isolation at home recovering. This is a community spread case.
Case 190
The patient is between the ages of 6 – 19, had no daycare exposure and is currently in isolation at home recovering. This is a close contact to a previous case.
Case 191
The patient is between the ages of 20 - 29 and is currently in isolation at home recovering. This case is currently still under investigation.
Case 192
The patient is between the ages of 0 – 5 and is currently in isolation at home recovering. This case is currently still under investigation.
Case 193
The patient is between the ages of 50 - 59 and is currently in isolation at home recovering. This is a contact to a previous case.
Case 194
The patient is between the ages of 50 - 59 and is currently in isolation at home recovering. This is a close contact to a previous case.
Case 195
The patient is between the ages of 60 - 69 and is currently in isolation at home recovering. This case is currently still under investigation.
Case 196
The patient is between the ages of 20 - 29 and is currently in isolation at home recovering. Community spread
Case 197
The patient is between the ages of 70 - 79 and is currently in isolation at home recovering. Community spread.
Case 198
The patient is between the ages of 30 - 39 and is currently in isolation at home recovering. This is a community spread case.
Case 199
The patient is between the ages of 30 - 39 and is currently in isolation at home recovering. This is a community spread case.
Case 200
The patient is between the ages of 60 - 69 and is currently in isolation at home recovering. Community spread.
Case 201
The patient is between the ages of 30 - 39 and is currently in isolation at home recovering. Contact to a previous case.
Case 202:
30 – 39, at home recovering, community spread
Case 203
20 – 29, at home recovering, community spread
Case 204
40 – 49, at home recovering, travel-related within Texas
Case 205
30 – 39, at home recovering, contact to a previous case
Case 206
40 – 49, at home recovering, contact to a previous case
Case 207
0 – 5, at home recovering, asymptomatic, contact to a previous case. The patient was in a home daycare setting which is currently not operating. All parents have been notified.
Case 208
40 – 49, at home recovering, community spread
Case 209
30 – 39, asymptomatic, at home recovering, community spread
Case 210
6 – 19, at home recovering, contact to a previous case. The patient was in a home daycare setting which is currently not operating. All parents have been notified.
Case 211
40 – 49, at home recovering, close contact to a previous case
Case 212
6 – 19, at home recovering, close contact to a previous case
Case 213
50 – 59, at home recovering, contact to a previous case
Case 214
20 – 29, at home recovering, close contact to a previous case
Case 215
70+, hospitalized in stable condition, case still under investigation
Case 216
20 – 29, at home recovering, close contact to a previous case
Case 217
20 – 29, at home recovering, close contact to a previous case
Case 218
30 – 39, at home recovering, close contact to a previous case
Case 219
20 – 29, at home recovering, contact to a previous case
Case 220
40 – 49, at home recovering, contact to a previous case
Case 221
50 – 59, at home recovering, community spread
Case 222
20 – 29, at home recovering, community spread
Case 223
50 – 59, at home recovering, case still under investigation
Case 224
30 – 39, at home recovering, community spread
Case 225
30 – 39, at home recovering, case still under investigation
Case 226
50 – 59, hospital in stable condition, case still under investigation
Case 227
50 – 59, at home recovering, contact to a previous case
Case 228
6 - 19, at home recovering, case still under investigation
Case 229
20 – 29, at home recovering, case still under investigation
Case 230
60 - 69, at home recovering, case still under investigation
