Confirmed positive COVID-19 cases in the Katy area increased daily by 36 from 1,488 on June 15 to 1,524 on June 16, according to data available at 5:30 p.m. June 15 and June 16.
The data reflects seven ZIP codes in the Katy area from Harris, Fort Bend and Waller counties’ respective COVID-19 information dashboards. The total number of tests administered in each ZIP code is not immediately available.
Only Harris and Waller counties are providing data on recoveries, deaths and active cases at the ZIP code level. However, Waller County's webpage has not updated this data since June 11.
Data from the Southeast Texas Regional Advisory Council shows that as of June 15, there were 326 suspected COVID-19 cases and 1,085 confirmed COVID-19 cases in Greater Houston-area hospitals.
Below is a breakdown of the coronavirus case data for Katy’s three counties. Note that of the seven ZIP codes, 77449, 77084 and 77094 fall fully in Harris County. ZIP code 77441 falls fully in Fort Bend County. However, ZIP code 77493 falls within Harris and Waller counties; ZIP code 77450 falls within Harris and Fort Bend counties; and ZIP code 77494 falls within Harris, Fort Bend and Waller counties.
Harris County
The total number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the six Katy-area ZIP codes in Harris County has reached 1,309, according to data available at 5:30 p.m. June 16 on the Harris County 2019 coronavirus dashboard.
Active cases stand at 526, per June 15 data. This is an increase of 15 from data reported June 15. Recovered cases, meanwhile, grew day over day by 20 to 772, per June 15 and 16 data.
One new death was reported in ZIP code 77449, bringing the total number of COVID-19 deaths in Katy-area ZIP codes in Harris County to 11.
Countywide, Harris County has a total of 17,707 confirmed cases, of which 7,105 have recovered and 289 have died. There are 10,313 active cases in the county.
Fort Bend County
Fort Bend County’s Community Impact Dashboard is reporting only the total number of confirmed coronavirus cases since the beginning of the pandemic on the ZIP code level.
According to data available at 5:30 p.m. June 16, the county reported no case count changes in the three Katy-area ZIP codes within Fort Bend County.
Countywide, Fort Bend County reported a total of 2,496 confirmed cases, of which 1,048 have recovered and 50 have died. There are 1,398 active cases in the county, of which 13 are hospitalized.
Waller County
The Waller County webpage with COVID-19 case data has not been updated since June 11, and County Judge Trey Duhon's latest county update was issued June 12 in a Facebook post.
This means according to data available as of 5:30 p.m. June 16, the two Katy-area ZIP codes in Waller County have a total of six confirmed cases, of which four have recovered and two are active.
The Texas Case Counts COVID-19 dashboard states Waller County has a total of 92 positive cases, per data available at 5:30 p.m. June 16.
