Galveston County’s COVID-19 positivity rate is hitting double digits for the first time since July.
From the week of Nov. 15 to the week of Nov. 29, the positivity rate doubled from 6% to 12%, according to a Galveston County Health District Facebook post. As of late in the day Dec. 10, the county’s positivity rate is at 10%.
A total of 16,302 county residents have tested positive for the coronavirus since mid-March. Of the total cases, 86% are considered recoveries, per GCHD data.
The new case count total reflects an average of about 122 new cases per day over the last 18 days. The average number of new cases a day has increased more than 400% since this time in October.
Galveston and Texas City have seen 2,772 and 2,620 cases, respectively, and Friendswood has seen a total of 1,142 cases, according to GCHD data. More than a quarter of the total cases—4,713, or 29%—have been in League City, and 36% of the 2,132 currently active cases are in League City.
More than 3,000 total cases have been reported among residents ages 21-30, the highest of any age group, and 337 of those cases are considered active as of Dec. 11. Nearly 350 of the active cases countywide are among residents ages 31-40, the highest of any age group.
However, no county residents under age 31 have died from COVID-19. More than 5,400 total residents ages 0-30 have recovered from the coronavirus, per GCHD data.
There are currently 49 people hospitalized with COVID-19 in the county, mainly concentrated in Texas City and League City. While a resident age 0-10 and two residents ages 21-30 are hospitalized as of Dec. 11, residents age 61 and older make up more than 60% of the total number of current hospitalizations. A total of 393 county residents have been hospitalized due to COVID-19 since mid-March.
Coronavirus trends at one Bay Area school district have been similar to those seen at a county level, while the case count rates remain steady in another district.
There are a total of 15 active cases in Friendswood ISD as of Dec. 10, when the district last updated its dashboard. The number of active cases at FISD has remained between 13 and 19 in the last two weeks. A total of 83 people within FISD, 55 students and 28 teachers, have tested positive for COVID-19 this school year, according to the district’s coronavirus dashboard.
Between Dec. 2 and Dec. 4—six to eight days after Thanksgiving—Clear Creek ISD’s number of active COVID-19 cases jumped from 60 to 96. The district reported 139 active cases Nov. 25, the second-highest number to date during the 2020-21 school year; there were 141 active cases the day before. A total of 455 cases have been reported among students and staff since the start of the year, according to CCISD’s COVID-19 dashboard.
