COVID-19 Explodes in San Angelo Nursing Homes

SAN ANGELO, TX — The City of San Angelo is closing out the month of July with a record-breaking number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in a single day. Nearly half of the new cases have been reported in two local nursing homes.

According to officials, there are 54 new cases confirmed in Arbor Terrace and 12 new cases confirmed in Regency House.

Late Friday afternoon health officials confirmed 135 new cases, bringing the total number in Tom Green County to 2,310. Of those total cases, 824 remain active.

In the last five days, San Angelo has confirmed 345 new positive cases. The current positivity rate for the last seven days is 24.3%.

As of today, the age group with the highest number of cases continues to be San Angeloans between the ages of 20-29. This age group accounts for nearly one-quarter of all positive tests.

Arbor Terrance reported 53 positive cases and 126 negatives tests using PCR. Regency House confirmed 12 positive PCR cases and 86 negatives.

No further information was released detailing if the positive cases belong to patients or staff.

The 135 cases reported today were confirmed using 116 PCR tests and the remaining 19 were verified using antigen testing.

In the last two days, the city has also released 102 patients, 91 of them being individuals who tested positive and 11 are individuals who were classified as contacts of positive cases.

There are currently 54 patients hospitalized with COVID-19 related issues, seven of them are in the ICU.

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• Male          30s      White  TGC     PCR
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• Female      60s      White  Coke County   PCR
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• Female      20s      Unknown        TGC     PCR
• Female      20s      Hispanic          TGC     PCR
• Female      50s      Hispanic          TGC     PCR
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• Male          50s      White  TGC     Antigen
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