SECOND COVID-19 POSITIVE CASE IN GRIMES CO. CONTRACTED THROUGH “HOUSEHOLD CONTACT” WITH FIRST CASE
Grimes County Emergency Management officials have confirmed their second case of COVID-19, and are saying the second case contracted the virus through “household contact” with the first case.
According to an announcement Friday evening from the Grimes County Office of Emergency Management, both cases were travel related, and both individuals contracted the virus while traveling outside Grimes County. Emergency management officials say neither individual made contact with anyone in Grimes County at any point during their return home.
The first case in Grimes County was reported Wednesday in a man in his 50s. No information was given on the second case, and authorities have not said where the two traveled or when they came back to Grimes County.
The Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) is reporting that there is currently no community spread in the county.
Emergency management officials say any further information provided on either of these two cases could potentially lead to their identities being uncovered. For this reason, DSHS has advised that any such information cannot be released. Officials say all information regarding these two cases that can be released has been released.
There is about 30,000 (est.) People in Grimes county. Odds of 1 in 15,000 . Let’s all rush the stores and buy all the toilet paper and water! Oh wait you all already did that. I don’t know but to me we all need to calm down and stop panicking. Let’s follow the guidelines and be part of the cure or solution and not create more problems. How about helping the poor and elderly instead of buying up everything so they can’t get food or supplies. If you bought up ten times what you normally do then YOU caused 9 people to be forced to do without! If you’re a Christian or a person of faith let’s act like we have faith in God and trust. Let us not be dog eat dog and hoard. I call on every one to pray every morning and donate and help someone every day. Please ask yourself what have I done to help someone
Today?
God is still in control and the sun will rise tomorrow giving us the chance to be kind and help someone in need.
Pastor and friend Larry
Well how are we supposed to know if we have or havent had contact or been in close proximity of people if no information about them is being released?
Just curious as to how anyone in Washington County would know they had it, is there even testing here?
My daughter recently visited the er for other reasons. The Dr there said there has been testing done to people here but no cases of anyone with it.
That’s a little close.
Why can’t we know where they traveled at?