WASHINGTON CO. COVID-19 CASES UP TO 44; FIVE HOSPITALIZED, FOUR RECOVERIES

  

Washington County EMS officials confirmed five more cases of COVID-19 Tuesday afternoon, bringing the total number of cases to 44 and the number of active cases to 37.

The five cases confirmed Tuesday were all in Brenham women, one in her 20s, one in her 40s, two in their 80s, and one in her 90s.  One of the women is hospitalized, while the other four are at home under self-quarantine.

Five cases are currently hospitalized, and three people have died from complications with the virus.  Four people have now recovered from the virus, after a new recovery was reported Tuesday.

All cases at this point are believed to have been transmitted through community spread.

The full list of confirmed cases in Washington County is available online at www.washingtoncountyems.net/covid-19-confirmed-cases.  To visit the JIC website providing COVID-19 information, click here.