The City of Lubbock has confirmed 222 new cases of COVID-19 and two additional deaths as of 4:00 p.m. The total number of cases in Lubbock County is 19,418 with 3,334 listed as active, 15,876 listed as recovered, and 208 related deaths.
There are currently 264 people hospitalized with complications of COVID-19, with 57 of those patients in ICUs. In Trauma Service Area B, which includes Lubbock, COVID-confirmed hospitalizations account for over 21.93% of total hospital capacity.
From the City of Lubbock:
As of 4:00 p.m. on Saturday, October 31, 2020, the City of Lubbock confirmed 222 new cases of Coronavirus (COVID-19), 113 recoveries and two additional deaths. The total number of cases in Lubbock County is 19,418: 3,334 active, 15,876 listed as recovered and 208 deaths.
*Since the 4:00 p.m. cut-off yesterday, there were 29 additional cases reported or transferred in to Lubbock. These cases are adjusted into the cumulative totals.
Sunday, October 25, 2020, Trauma Service Area (TSA) B, which includes Lubbock, hit seven consecutive days where the percentage of COVID-19 confirmed patients in regional hospitals as a percentage of available hospital beds exceeded 15%. Per Governor Abbott’s Executive Orders (EO) 31 and 32, this makes TSA B an area with high hospitalization and certain occupancy pull-backs are triggered. The Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission (TABC) will require bars that were opened per EO 32 to close and businesses whose occupancy rates were increased to 75% will be reduced back to 50%. The occupancy reduction will primarily impact restaurants, amusements, libraries, event centers and other businesses not listed under the CISA guidance or covered by other exemptions contained in EO 32. In addition to these closures or occupancy reductions, area hospitals now are subject to other restrictions as found in EO 31, which are primarily related to elective medical procedures.
TSA B will remain under these restrictions until we have seven consecutive days where the percentage of COVID-19 confirmed patients in regional hospitals as a percentage of available hospital beds remains at or below 15%.
Executive Orders 31 and 32 can be found here mylubbock.info/ga-31 or here mylubbock.info/ga-32
The Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) maintains a dashboard with state, regional, and county level COVID-19 statistics and can be found here mylubbock.info/dshs-covid
Local COVID-19 statistics can be found here mylubbock.info/covid
