{"id":8110,"date":"2020-12-29T20:28:31","date_gmt":"2020-12-29T20:28:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/waxahachie360.com\/?p=8110"},"modified":"2021-04-02T14:14:38","modified_gmt":"2021-04-02T14:14:38","slug":"december-29-2020-covid-19-update-active-cases-down-icu-numbers-up-in-ellis-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/waxahachie360.com\/waxahachie-news\/2020\/12\/29\/december-29-2020-covid-19-update-active-cases-down-icu-numbers-up-in-ellis-county\/","title":{"rendered":"December 29, 2020 COVID-19 update: active cases down, ICU numbers up in Ellis County"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Current Ellis County COVID-19 numbers show mixed message<\/em><\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

COVID-19 statistics as of December 29, 2020 show that active cases are down in Waxahachie and Ellis County, but ICU numbers are up compared to about two weeks ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Of the 402 active cases countywide reported on the Ellis County COVID-19 Dashboard<\/a>, Waxahachie accounts for 156 (a 27% drop from 12 days ago), followed by Midlothian at 81 and Ennis at 61.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Only one COVID-19-related death has been recorded in Waxahachie since December 17, bringing the total for the city up to 62. Countywide the death toll is 158, a 14% increase in the last 12 days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Eleven beds have been added to the local hospital network’s ICU bed capacity, bringing the total bed availability up to 29.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Despite lower numbers of reported active cases of the virus among the population, the occupancy of the ICU beds now stands at 27 of 29 beds available, with 89% of ICU patients suffering from COVID-19.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Of 235 local non-ICU hospital beds available, 209 are occupied, leaving only 26 open for new patients.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To date, approximately 12% of Waxahachie’s population has been infected by the novel coronavirus: 3,567 people out of a population of almost 37,000. The CDC predicts that at least 70% of the population must be immune to the virus that causes COVID-19 <\/a>before the chain of transmission will be broken.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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