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105 new Bell COVID-19 cases added as deaths remain at 188

Bell records 165th death, 247 new infections

The Bell County Public Health District identified a COVID-19 related fatality for a fourth consecutive day on Thursday, as active cases reached 2,296 — the most concurrent infections to date, according to the health district. “The newest death was for a woman in her 80s from Temple,” Health District Director Amanda Robison-Chadwell said of Bell County’s 165th COVID-19 related death. “Our thoughts go to her family.” Bell County also registered a single-day case increase of 247 on Thursday, which contributed to its incidence rate spiking to 632.6 per 100,000 people. On Tuesday, Robison-Chadwell highlighted how the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention considers a region with an incidence rate of 200 to be in a “red zone.”

Bell adds 3 COVID-19 deaths; total reaches 144

The Bell County Public Health District identified three COVID-19 related fatalities on Thursday, bringing the death toll to 144. “Those were for three women: one from Temple in her 60s, one from Harker Heights in her 80s and another from Killeen in her 80s,” Health District Director Amanda Robison-Chadwell said. “Our thoughts go out to their loved ones in this difficult time.” Residents aged 60 years and older now represent about 92 percent of all COVID-19-related deaths in Bell County, according to the health district. Prior to Thursday’s update, comorbidities — deaths where one or more medical conditions co-occur with a primary health complication — were present for about 67.5 percent of this age group.

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