Amarillo Public Health releases COVID-19 report card for June 10 | KAMR

AMARILLO, Texas (KAMR/KCIT) — The city of Amarillo’s public health department released its most recent COVID-19 report card Friday, featuring combined weekly data for Potter and Randall counties, total COVID-19 data since March 2020 as well as the most recent COVID-19 hospitalization information.

COVID-19 Hospitalization

According to the June 10 COVID-19 Report Card, 13 patients were hospitalized from COVID-19 as of Friday. The numbers are reported to the public health department by the BSA Health System, Northwest Texas Healthcare System, and Thomas E. Creek VA Medical Center.

Since Aug. 1, 2021, APH said that there have been 510 COVID-19 patient deaths across Amarillo, 81% of which were reported as unvaccinated.

COVID-19 Report Card Overview

In the report card, the public health department reported that Potter and Randall counties saw 259 total new cases from June 3 to June 9, resulting in a seven-day new case average of 37 new COVID-19 cases per day as well as a 13% seven-day COVID-19 positivity rate.

Since March 2020, the public health department is reporting that there have been a total of 74,877 COVID-19 cases in Potter and Randall counties. The department also reports that there have been 1,275 COVID-19-related deaths since the start of the pandemic.

Officials from the city previously said that officials from the public health department will continue to update the COVID-19 dashboard on the Amarillo Alerts website daily.

Most Recent COVID-19 Information

As of Friday, Amarillo Public Health Department reported 54 new COVID-19 cases and five new COVID-19 recoveries for Potter and Randall Counties, according to the most recent data from the COVID-19 dashboard on the Amarillo Alerts webpage.

Potter County reported 31 new COVID-19 cases and four COVID-19 recoveries. This brings the county’s total to 36,203 cases, 757 deaths, and 35,150 recoveries.

Randall County reported 23 new COVID-19 cases and one recovery. This brings the county’s total to 38,728 cases, 518 deaths and 37,928 recoveries.

The Hospitalization Rate for the High Plains, Trauma Service Area A, was noted at 1.45% according to data from the Texas Department of State Health Services. Trauma Service Area A is also reporting the following COVID-19-related hospitalization data:

• Lab-Confirmed COVID-19 patients currently in hospital: 14;
• Adult COVID-19 patients in general beds: 10;
• Adult COVID-19 patients in intensive care unit (ICU) beds: 3;
• Pediatric COVID-19 patients in hospital: 1;
• Confirmed COVID-19 admissions in the past 24 hours: 3;
• Confirmed COVID-19 patients on ventilators: 0;
• Total staffed hospital beds: 968;
• Total staffed inpatient beds: 838;
• Available staffed hospital beds: 185;
• Available staffed adult ICU beds: 6;
• Available staffed pediatric ICU beds: 0;
• Available ventilators: 136.

The Texas DSHS also reported the COVID-19 case numbers and the deaths for other counties throughout the Texas Panhandle:

County	Confirmed Cases Reported	Deaths
Armstrong	364	10
Beaver	981	9
Briscoe	341	8
Carson	1,083	36
Castro	1,810	47
Childress	2,478	33
Cimarron	571	2
Collingsworth	497	16
Cottle	273	9
Curry	13,053	207
Dallam	1,740	40
Deaf Smith	3,783	112
Donley	461	26
Gray	4,165	125
Hall	878	24
Hardeman	500	19
Hansford	650	29
Hartley	1,036	3
Hemphill	1,076	7
Hutchinson	5,416	136
Lipscomb	556	15
Moore	3,783	111
Ochiltree	2,072	48
Oldham	312	6
Parmer	1,465	52
Potter	36,203	757
Quay	2,069	58
Randall	38,728	518
Roberts	150	2
Roosevelt	5,110	98
Sherman	367	16
Swisher	1,264	34
Texas	6,016	39
Union	804	16
Wheeler	928	232
TOTAL	140,983	2,690

CDC Community Levels

According to previous reports by MyHighPlains.com, the CDC released its new Community Levels chart. Here is how counties throughout the Texas Panhandle, as well as eastern New Mexico and the Oklahoma Panhandle, are reporting: