{"id":7814,"date":"2020-12-15T12:04:40","date_gmt":"2020-12-15T18:04:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/waxahachie360.com\/?p=7814"},"modified":"2020-12-15T12:04:40","modified_gmt":"2020-12-15T18:04:40","slug":"waxahachie-covid-19-cases-down-over-past-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/waxahachie360.com\/waxahachie-news\/2020\/12\/15\/waxahachie-covid-19-cases-down-over-past-week\/","title":{"rendered":"Waxahachie COVID-19 cases down over past week"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Face masks and social distancing have worked so far but we’re not out yet<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Note: <\/strong>this post was based on information provided by the county on December 15, 2020. Statistics provided by the county on December 17, 2020 offer a clearer picture. The update appears at <\/em>https:\/\/waxahachie360.com\/waxahachie-covid-19-cases-up-150-in-two-days\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cases of COVID-19 in Waxahachie fell since last week, and one of the 18 locally-available ICU beds became available after the City of Waxahachie enacted virus containment measures to clamp down on rising infection rates in the city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to statistics posted December 15, 2020 on the Ellis County COVID-10 dashboard<\/a>, the total active cases of COVID-19 in Waxahachie fell from 142 the week before to 86, a 39% decline.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Additionally, of the 18 ICU beds available in Ellis County for treating patients who are experiencing life-threatening symptoms from the novel coronavirus, 17 are occupied and one is now open. Of those 17 patients in ICU, 13 are COVID-19 patients, or 72%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The total COVID-19 related deaths in Waxahachie rose from 55 to 58 in the last week. The number of total active cases in Ellis County is 296.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The occupancy of all the available hospital beds in the area remains unchanged at 84%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On December 3, 2020 after area hospitals reached 15% of their capacity with COVID-19 patients for seven consecutive days, the City of Waxahachie rolled back the easing of COVID-19 restrictions<\/a> that allowed restaurants to have higher occupancy, thus limiting restaurants to just 50% occupancy and postponing elective medical procedures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to the CDC<\/a>, wearing a face mask when out in public, social distancing and avoiding crowds continue to be the most important measures that everyone can practice to contain the spread of the coronavirus until a vaccine is available to Waxahachie residents sometime next year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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