Health care officials in Williamson County have again raised the county’s color-based phase guidelines of coronavirus risk of exposure after a second straight week of rapidly climbing infection rates.
The Williamson County and Cities Health District announced July 19 the county on July 17 met the criteria to increase to the COVID-19 Red Phase. According to guidelines, this phase means the county has uncontrolled community spread of coronavirus and has not seen a decline in the COVID-19 infection rate or hospitalization rates for at least the past 7 days.
The July 19 incidence rate for new coronavirus cases in Williamson County is 14.54 cases per 100,000 people, according to a WCCHD news release. On July 1, the rate of new infections was 2.5 per 100,000 people. The rate of 14.54 cases per 100,000 residents is the highest rate Williamson County has reported since March 3, according to the WCCHD COVID-19 dashboard.
Residents age 18-30 years old and 31-50 years old represent the two segments of the population with the highest number of new cases.
