WASHINGTON CO. REPORTS 16 NEW CASES OF COVID-19 FRIDAY

  

Washington County is now at 351 total cases of COVID-19 after 16 new cases were confirmed Friday.

Friday’s confirmed cases include 12 patients from Brenham, three from Chappell Hill, and one from Burton.  The patients include 12 males and four females, including two children under the age of ten and two teenagers.

The county’s active case count now sits at 138, with two patients currently hospitalized.  The county has reported 181 patient recoveries and 32 deaths.

No more active cases of COVID-19 remain at the Brenham Nursing and Rehabilitation Center (BNRC).  The facility had reported a total of 112 cases, consisting of 87 residents and 25 employees.  Of the facility’s cases, 88 patients recovered, while 24 died from complications with the virus.

As of Friday, the county has performed an estimated 4,148 COVID-19 tests.

For a full list of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the county, go online to www.washingtoncountyems.net/covid-19-confirmed-cases.  To visit the JIC website providing COVID-19 information, click here.