After resuming updates last week, the Bell County Health Districtâs COVID-19 dashboard now shows 18 new deaths locally.
The countyâs data now shows a total of 466 deaths in the county from the virus as of Friday â 18 more than the 448 shown by the state dashboard last week.
State data has fallen behind local reporting during the pandemic. The Texas Department of State Health Services updated their dashboard Sunday to show the county as having 450 deaths from the virus â still a 16-death difference compared to local reporting.
Nikki Morrow, interim director for the district, said that the deaths are not a part of a spike, but have been accumulating over time since May when the district stopped reporting numbers. She said the district saw 13 deaths between May 8 and 28, and eight in June.
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The Bell County Public Health District announced Monday that its board of health has chosen an interim director.
The new director â Nikki Morrow â will serve as the groupâs head until a new director can be identified through an interview process. Morrow has worked with the district for two decades and is the local director for the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children.
âI am looking forward to serving the health district as interim and collaborating with our departments and community partners,â Morrow said.
Morrow has been the nutrition program director for past four years, since 2017, with the initiative serving more than 15,000 participants each month throughout the county.
As the incidence rate of COVID-19 cases continues to go down in the county, the Bell County Public Health District reported two new deaths Thursday.
âWe added two new deaths for a new total of 432,â Dr. Amanda Robison-Chadwell, director of the district, said. âThe new deaths were for a man in his 50s from Killeen and a woman in her 60s from Bell County.â
Robison-Chadwell, director of the district, said the new incidence rate in the county dropped to 61.2 cases per 100,000 people. The previous rate was 64.8 cases per 100,000 people.
The county now has 222 active cases of COVID-19, for a total of 22,356 cases overall and 21,702 recoveries.
The position became open after its former director, Amanda Robison-Chadwell, resigned from the position on May 24. Author: 6 News Digital (6News) Published: 1:33 PM CDT May 24, 2021 Updated: 2:13 PM CDT May 24, 2021
BELL COUNTY, Texas The Bell County Health Department announced last Friday that Nikki Morrow will be serving as the Interim Director of the Bell County Public Health District.
Morrow has worked with the district for nearly two decades and is currently the WIC director. She s been the director since 2017, serving 15,000 WIC participants in Temple, Killeen, Copperas Cove and Fort Hood each month.
“I am looking forward to serving the health district as interim and collaborating with our departments and community partners,” Morrow said.