Central Texas COVID: Active cases rise, vaccination rates don’t, masks remain optional Megan Vanselow © Provided by Waco-Temple-Bryan KWTX-TV Vaccination rates in Central Texas lag state rates by 15% or more. (AP/file)
(KWTX) – KWTX was interviewing McLennan County Health Authority Dr. Farley Verner Wednesday when news broke that Gov. Greg Abbott will not impose a mask mandate as the Delta variant of COVID-19 fuels an increase in cases of the virus in Central Texas where not quite 36% of residents 12 and older are fully vaccinated.
“Vaccines are effective and masks are effective and the use of both is still strongly encouraged,” Verner said.
Travis County winter storm death toll more than doubles since last update
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Dozens more deaths added to winter storm s toll, raising Texas total to 210
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Number of Texas deaths linked to winter storm grows to 151, including 23 in Dallas-Fort Worth area
Most of the deaths were caused by hypothermia, according to state officials.
The brutal winter storm in February knocked out power, heat and water to millions of Texans.(Smiley N. Pool / Staff Photographer)
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More than 150 Texans died because of February’s winter storm, according to the latest data from the Texas Department of State Health Services.
In its latest update, the state health agency said that 151 fatalities have officially been linked to the brutal storm, which knocked out power, heat and water to millions of Texans. That tally has grown by 40 since late March.
Total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Central Texas tops 76,000 Staff © Provided by Waco-Temple-Bryan KWTX-TV More than 25,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine hare headed to Central Texas providers this week as part of more than 2.5 million doses allocated statewide. More than 76,000 cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed in Central Texas since the start of the pandemic a year ago and the virus has claimed nearly 1,600 lives in the region. (File)
(KWTX) – The total number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Central Texas rose by 108 Monday to 76,045 and the death toll increased by at least two.
COVID-19 has claimed as many as 1,624 lives in Central Texas, but according to Department of State Health Services data Monday the regional death toll was 1,599 including 396 Bell County residents, 14 fewer than the local count of 410; 33 Bosque County residents; 84 Coryell County residents; 31 Falls County residents; 48 Freestone County residents; 26 Hamilton County re