Amarillo Public Health releases COVID-19 report card for June 17 | KAMR

AMARILLO, Texas (KAMR/KCIT) — The city of Amarillo’s public health department released its most recent COVID-19 report card Friday, featuring combined weekly data for Potter and Randall counties, total COVID-19 data since March 2020 as well as the most recent COVID-19 hospitalization information.

COVID-19 Hospitalization

According to the June 17 COVID-19 Report Card, 17 patients were hospitalized from COVID-19 as of Friday, one of which was reported as being in the intensive care unit. The numbers are reported to the public health department by the BSA Health System, Northwest Texas Healthcare System and Thomas E. Creek VA Medical Center.

Since Aug. 1, 2021, APH said that there have been 512 COVID-19 patient deaths across Amarillo, 81% of which were reported as unvaccinated.

COVID-19 Report Card Overview

In the report card, the public health department reported that Potter and Randall counties saw 273 total new cases from June 10 to June 16, resulting in a seven-day new case average of 39 new COVID-19 cases per day as well as a 14% seven-day COVID-19 positivity rate.

Since March 2020, the public health department is reporting that there have been a total of 75,150 COVID-19 cases in Potter and Randall counties. The department also reports that there have been 1,277 COVID-19-related deaths since the start of the pandemic.

Officials from the city previously said that officials from the public health department will continue to update the COVID-19 dashboard on the Amarillo Alerts website daily.

Most Recent COVID-19 Information

As of Friday, Amarillo Public Health Department reported 79 new COVID-19 cases and 25 new COVID-19 recoveries for Potter and Randall Counties, according to the most recent data from the COVID-19 dashboard on the Amarillo Alerts webpage.

Potter County reported 30 new COVID-19 cases and 14 COVID-19 recoveries. This brings the county’s total to 36,338 cases, 757 deaths, and 35,189 recoveries.

Randall County reported 49 new COVID-19 cases and 11 recoveries. This brings the county’s total to 38,891 cases, 518 deaths and 37,967 recoveries.

The Hospitalization Rate for the High Plains, Trauma Service Area A, was noted at 1.98% according to data from the Texas Department of State Health Services. Trauma Service Area A is also reporting the following COVID-19-related hospitalization data:

• Lab-Confirmed COVID-19 patients currently in hospital: 20;
• Adult COVID-19 patients in general beds: 17;
• Adult COVID-19 patients in intensive care unit (ICU) beds: 1;
• Pediatric COVID-19 patients in hospital: 2;
• Confirmed COVID-19 admissions in the past 24 hours: 4;
• Confirmed COVID-19 patients on ventilators: 0;
• Total staffed hospital beds: 1,011;
• Total staffed inpatient beds: 881;
• Available staffed hospital beds: 202;
• Available staffed adult ICU beds: 7;
• Available staffed pediatric ICU beds: 1;
• Available ventilators: 146.

The Texas DSHS also reported the COVID-19 case numbers and the deaths for other counties throughout the Texas Panhandle:

County	Confirmed Cases Reported	Deaths
Armstrong	367	10
Beaver	984	9
Briscoe	343	8
Carson	1,086	37
Castro	1,838	47
Childress	2,491	34
Cimarron	573	2
Collingsworth	498	16
Cottle	273	9
Curry	13,132	207
Dallam	1,741	40
Deaf Smith	3,813	111
Donley	462	26
Gray	4,171	127
Hall	891	24
Hardeman	500	19
Hansford	656	29
Hartley	1,036	3
Hemphill	1,080	7
Hutchinson	5,458	136
Lipscomb	556	16
Moore	3,832	111
Ochiltree	2,084	48
Oldham	312	6
Parmer	1,476	52
Potter	36,390	759
Quay	2,083	58
Randall	38,942	519
Roberts	150	2
Roosevelt	5,132	98
Sherman	367	16
Swisher	1,266	34
Texas	6,033	39
Union	808	16
Wheeler	931	22
TOTAL	141,756	2,697

CDC Community Levels

According to previous reports by MyHighPlains.com, the CDC released its new Community Levels chart. Here is how counties throughout the Texas Panhandle, as well as eastern New Mexico and the Oklahoma Panhandle, are reporting: