The city of Lubbock confirmed 426 new cases of COVID-19 and three additional deaths bringing the total number of deaths to 237, as of 4 p.m. on Friday night. The total number of cases in the county is now 22,184 with 4,533 active cases and 17,414 listed as recovered. From the city of Lubbock:
As of 4:00 p.m. on Friday, November 6, 2020, the City of Lubbock confirmed 426 new cases of Coronavirus (COVID-19), 146 recoveries and an additional three deaths. The total number of cases in Lubbock County is 22,184: 4,533 active, 17,414 listed as recovered and 237 deaths.
*Since the 4:00 p.m. cut-off yesterday, there were 12 additional cases reported or transferred in to Lubbock. These cases are adjusted into the cumulative totals.
**Due to continuing efforts to coordinate accurate data, the City will not be including hospital information in its news release today.
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-31or 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