The city of Amarillo s public health department is reporting an increase of 54 COVID-19 cases from Monday in Tuesday s COVID-19 report card, bringing the area s total to 34,065 cases from the start of the pandemic. Out of the total, 433 are currently active, which is an increase of 42 net active cases from Monday.
According to Tuesday s report card, there have been 32,890 recoveries in the two counties, which is an increase of 10 recoveries from Monday. The public health department is also reporting 742 deaths related to the virus, which is an increase of two COVID-19 deaths from Monday.
As of Tuesday, there have been 281,202 conducted COVID-19 tests reported to the public health department, three of which are pending. Tuesday s report card also shows that Trauma Service Area A is recording a 2.98% COVID-19 hospitalization rate as of Sunday, recorded daily by the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS).
WT’s Cornette Library wins statewide award for pandemic response
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Cornette Library was awarded a Branding Iron Award for special events at TLA’s recent conference.
The library was cited for “successfully transform(ing) their Kickback and Movie Night programs into virtual ones, continuing this tradition despite the challenges of the pandemic,” according to TLA.
Kickback is traditionally an in-person session at which Cornette librarians provide relaxing activities for students before final exams. At Movie Night events, popular films are screened on the Cornette lawn at the start of the academic year for students and the general public.