COVID Case Count Up to 156 in Fayette County, 63 Active Cases

The number of people who tested positive for the coronavirus in Fayette County has risen to 156 since officials began tracking the virus back in March.

As of Monday morning, July 13, four people have died, and that number has not changed in over a week; 84 people have recovered. Five patients have been lost to follow-up.

That leaves 63 active cases in the County.

Listed below is a location breakdown of the cases in Fayette County:

• Pct. 1 (La Grange area) – 24 active cases, 34 recoveries, no deaths;

• Pct. 2 (Round Top/Fayetteville area) – 11 active cases, 11 recoveries and two deaths

• Pct. 3 (Flatonia area) – 13 active cases, 24 recoveries and no deaths

• Pct. 4 (Schulenburg area) – 14 active cases, 13 recoveries and two deaths

• Precinct Unknown – one active case, two recoveries.

Fayette County Emergency Management Chief Craig Moreau told the Record on Thursday, July 9, that he knew of no one from the County hospitalized due to COVID-19, although he said that could change as the virus appears to be rapidly spreading.

Most of the latest positive cases are from younger people, Moreau said. He said younger patients are much more likely to recover at home without the need for hospitalization.

At the Fayette County Commissioners Court meeting last Thursday, Moreau told the court that three additional residents in County nursing homes tested positive for the virus, but all of those patients are believed to have caught the virus while they were outside their nursing homes at hospitals or doctors offices for unrelated treatment.

“It looks so far that the isolation procedures we put in place are working.,” he said.

He said the County has experienced a doubling of cases about every three weeks since the virus began appearing locally. Moreau said he was confident the County could manage the spread locally as long as the doubling time remains longer than 10 days.