)Previously, The Texas Tribune incorrectly stated our formula for calculating the average daily positivity rate. Bandera County remained free of any confirmed coronavirus cases for another week and from any additional restrictions on the movement of residents and the operation of businesses other than those imposed almost two weeks ago by Texas Gov. Close relatives of the novel coronavirus may have circulated in bats for decades before jumping to humans What you need to know about coronavirus, plus a … On May 21, DSHS disclosed for the first time that as of a day earlier, it had counted 49,313 antibody tests as part of its "Total Tests" tally. IC 2 established the Regional Economic Recovery Program to partner with relatively small or remote communities in the creation of recovery and growth strategies. âHealthcare professionals will need to be vigilant in monitoring the time it takes from diagnosis in the emergency room to treatment and admission into the ICU bed.â That includes the first death reported in Texas, which also arose on Monday. In order to obtain an infection rate, everybody would need to be tested, said Hongwei Zhao, an epidemiology professor at the Texas A&M University School of Public Health.Antibody tests are typically reported a day late.Experts say the official state death toll is likely an undercount.According to DSHS, these numbers do not include beds at psychiatric hospitals or other psychiatric facilities. The Tribune is looking into whether more tests will be deduplicated.âOne of the most critical measures of the ferocity of the COVID virus is the use of intensive care unit beds,â said Britt Berrett, a healthcare management professor at the University of Texas at Dallas. Death certificates are required by law to be filed within 10 days.The limited data released by state health officials offers a murky glimpse of the virus' impact on Texas communities of color. This does not include the deaths of people with COVID-19 who died of an unrelated cause. That involved a Matagorda County man in his late 90s.Carey Reed, the county’s Emergency Management Coordinator, said on Monday, March 16, that it was possible someone with flu-like symptoms or who worried that they might have been near someone with coronavirus had decided to self-quarantine themselves in their homes after consulting with a private doctor, but no one who called to EMS for evaluation complained about those concerns or had been instructed to isolate themselves at home to await testing since the county began focusing on the outbreak in recent weeks.The City of Kerrville also approved a disaster declaration on Monday that allowed an emergency operation center to open to keep track of the changing situation involving the virus.The two senior centers in Bandera had complied with federal instructions and had closed off their facilities to most visitors, and area hospitals were limiting visitation for patients, screening visitors for the virus and setting up an isolation area to treat people with symptoms of the virus.With the nation and world becoming increasingly absorbed in the novel coronavirus outbreak, impacts are increasingly being felt in Bandera County though no cases of the virus had been confirmed in the county as of the beginning of the week and no one who had called the county’s Emergency Medical Service for aid was suspected of having the potentially deadly virus, emergency officials said.Schools, including those in Bandera County, were taking extended breaks, businesses were instructing employees to work from home, sporting events and other activities that attracted big crowds were being called off, toilet paper and fresh meat products were becoming harder to find at stores and fears were rising about how to prepare for a virus that as of yet was immune to any vaccine and had killed more than 7,000 worldwide and 69 in the United States as of Monday, March 16.Bandera County Judge Richard Evans said that without a confirmed case in the county, he did not think he needed to declare a pre-emptive disaster declaration.Without a disaster declaration, the county could not move to close down bars and restaurants, at least those without drive-through or take out options, which has been done in other cities.