The Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) reported a COVID-19 hospitalization rate of 13.87% for Trauma Service Area A Thursday, the first day since Oct. 18, 2020 the rate has been below the 15% threshold.
Amarillo Mayor says new Thompson pool will benefit Northside neighborhood
Hereâs a first look on the progress of the project.
VIDEO: The new Thompson park pool update By Taylor Mitchell | January 29, 2021 at 6:17 PM CST - Updated January 29 at 6:43 PM
AMARILLO, Texas (KFDA) - The new Thompson pool will be the largest public aquatics site in the Amarillo area.
Mayor Ginger Nelson believes this new pool will benefit the people who live in the community because it will give access to more of the city amenities to the Northside neighborhoods.
âIt is good, it will be fun and a quality-of-life benefit for the citizens in Amarillo, but I think it will be an economic simulator too,â said Ginger Nelson, Amarillo Mayor.
Karen TownsendPosted at 12:03 pm on January 28, 2021
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The city of Amarillo, Texas, and its metro area is leading the nation in the distribution of COVID-19 vaccines. Two other Texas cities, Lubbock and El Paso are not far behind. Texas, Michigan, and Florida are among the top states leading in vaccinations for the coronavirus.
This information was released by a small, independent non-profit, Covid Act Now. The organization works with university research centers to provide up-to-date COVID-19 data throughout the United States. This information comes at the same time that new COVID-19 cases are on the rise in the area.
According to COVID Act Now, a nonprofit organization which works with university research centers to provide up-to-date COVID-19 data throughout the United States, the city of Amarillo and its metro area is leading the nation in distributing COVID-19 vaccines.
The city of Amarillo is reporting that as of Sunday, 29,611 people in the area have received the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, consisting of 11.2 percent of individuals in the area, according to a news release. Nearly 1 percent of those individuals, consisting of 2,116 people, have already received the second shot.
According to previous Globe-News reports, the city is vaccinating those in the Phase 1A and 1B groups, determined by the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS). These groups consist of frontline healthcare workers, residents of long-term care facilities, community members 65 years of age and older, as well as people 18 years of age and older who have at least one chronic medical condition that