Thank you!

Hope your vacation was good!

Current DSHS Brazos County numbers: 62,764 (+98) confirmed cases, 7,818 (+32) probable cases, 426 (-1) deaths as of 9/19/22.

Current Brazos County vaccination numbers: 138,092 (+4) people vaccinated with at least one dose as of 9/19/22. The number of fully vaccinated people is now 120,027 (-6). The number of additional doses given is 47,868 (+29). According to the state's vaccination dashboard, 52.07% of Brazos County residents (6 months and older) are now fully vaccinated.

Total COVID hospitalizations in Region N: 25 (+0); 4.97% of total hospital capacity as of 9/19/22

FYI:
Region N (2020 Population Estimate - 362,495)
ab-Confirmed COVID-19 Patients Currently in Hospital - 25
Adult COVID-19 Patients in General Beds - 23
Adult COVID-19 Patients in ICU Beds - 2
Pediatric COVID-19 Patients in Hospitals - 0
Confirmed COVID-19 Admissions Previous 24 Hrs - 3
Confirmed COVID-19 Patients on Ventilators - 1

Are y'all getting/incorporating local data on the new bivalent booster, or are those numbers not available yet?

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Are y'all getting/incorporating local data on the new bivalent booster, or are those numbers not available yet?

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On the DSHS dashboard, all boosters are lumped together. It's posted as "People vaccinated with at least one booster."

-1 deaths?

Current DSHS Brazos County numbers: 62,825 (+61) confirmed cases, 7,851 (+33) probable cases, 426 (-0) deaths as of 9/21/22.

Current Brazos County vaccination numbers: 138,114 (+22) people vaccinated with at least one dose as of 9/21/22. The number of fully vaccinated people is now 120,049 (+22). The number of additional doses given is 47,894 (+26). According to the state's vaccination dashboard, 52.08% of Brazos County residents (6 months and older) are now fully vaccinated.

Total COVID hospitalizations in Region N: 27 (+2); 5.26% of total hospital capacity as of 9/21/22

FYI:
Region N (2020 Population Estimate - 362,495)
Lab-Confirmed COVID-19 Patients Currently in Hospital - 27
Adult COVID-19 Patients in General Beds - 26
Adult COVID-19 Patients in ICU Beds - 1
Pediatric COVID-19 Patients in Hospitals - 0
Confirmed COVID-19 Admissions Previous 24 Hrs - 8
Confirmed COVID-19 Patients on Ventilators - 0

I don't like those ICU numbers going up.

trouble said:

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I don't like those ICU numbers going up.

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~20% in ICU

Note: Age group added 0-4 years old. CDC number is actually 6 mo to 4 years, but to simplify, I just use population group of 4 years or less. May not be exact but close enough to get an idea what is actually going on (and makes calulations simpler).

Note, this is intended to be "monthly" information but there is no actual "end of month" numbers. Data is posted daily and this is Aug31 vs Sep30.

FULL VACCINE STATUS:

Vaccinations by age groups with "full vax" status for the Texas and Brazos County as percent. Last two columns are the count of Brazos County residents with "full vax" along with change over last month, and finally county residents that have not had a full vaccination "BC = not full".

age -------- Tx -------- BC -------- BC = full vax --- BC = not full vax

0-4 ---------- 1% ------- 1% ----------- 158 (+50) ------- 13,559
5-11 ------- 29% ----- 18% --------- 3,540 (+43) ------- 16,392
12-15 ----- 61% ----- 42% --------- 4,698 (+9) ---------- 6,607
16-49 ----- 66% ----- 51% ------- 69,703 (+7) --------- 66,039
50-64 ----- 80% ----- 77% ------- 22,070 (+15) --------- 6,418
65-79 ----- 88% ----- 92% ------- 15,367 (+36) --------- 1,333
80++ ------ 79% ----- 93% -------- 4,541 (+-3) ------------ 364

50++ ------ 82% ----- 84% ------- 41,978 (+48) --------- 8,115
<50 ------- 53% ----- 43% ------ 119,919 (+157) ------ 97,153
All --------- 62% ----- 52% ------ 119,919 (+157) ---- 110,712


BOOSTER VACCINE STATUS:

Vaccinations by age groups with "boost(s)" (one or more) status for the Texas and Brazos County as percent. Last two columns are the count of Brazos County residents with "boost(s)" along with change over last month, and finally county residents that have not had a booster vaccination "BC = no boost".

age -------- Tx -------- BC ------- BC = boost(s) ------ BC = no boost

0-4 ---------- 0% ----- 0% ----------------- 0 (+0) --------- 13,717
5-11 -------- 4% ----- 3% -------------- 531 (+35) -------- 19,401
12-15 ----- 12% ----- 9% ------------- 969 (+13) -------- 10,336
16-49 ----- 21% ----- 15% ------- 20,919 (+154) ----- 114,823
50-64 ----- 41% ----- 40% ------- 11,327 (+67) -------- 17,161
65-79 ----- 60% ----- 65% ------- 10,925 (+103) -------- 5,775
80++ ------ 55% ----- 69% -------- 3,380 (+11) ---------- 1,525

50++ ------ 49% ----- 51% ------- 25,632 (+181) ------ 24,461
<50 ------- 16% ----- 12% ------ 48,051 (+383) ------ 169,021
All --------- 26% ----- 21% ------ 48,051 (+383) ------ 182,738


Total doses of all COVID vaccines county administered (normalized to PER WEEK):

Dec '21 ------ 4,599
Jan '22 ------ 3,586
Feb '22 ------ 1,355
Mar '22 -------- 673
Apr '22 -------- 550
May '22 ------- 483
Jun '22 -------- 484
Jul '22 --------- 454
Aug '22 ------- 323
Sep '22 ------- 156

That is a good question.

There's no reason to right now. It's just sloppy data reporting.

Good to see those hospitalization numbers drop again.

I'm curious (though I think I know the answer) if we'll see stats on "long Covid" (post sars cov-2 syndrome) in the future? My doc at the Physician's Center is keeping data on the folks he's treating, I wonder how many others are. I think it's an interesting metric, though I'm fully aware it's controversial with many folks.

I see more people wearing mask now than in the last year.

Past 6 weeks of cases on a weekly total basis:

9/2/2022---------491
9/9/2022---------356
9/16/2022-------449
9/23/2022-------224
9/30/2022-------174
10/7/2022---------87

Are cases actually dropping that fast or have people stopped tesing and / or reporting?

trouble said:

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Given how many people I currently know with it, I'm guessing no one is reporting.

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This - I'm likely a participant in the unreported but obviously dont technically know definitively.

Nosmo said:

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Past 6 weeks of cases on a weekly total basis:

9/2/2022---------491
9/9/2022---------356
9/16/2022-------449
9/23/2022-------224
9/30/2022-------174
10/7/2022---------87

Are cases actually dropping that fast or have people stopped tesing and / or reporting?

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Given how long reported cases were higher than most of the state (they had started to decline and then the students came back) a sharp drop really isn't a surprise.

And the majority of people are not testing anymore, or only use a home test, so we can assume the real number is higher, but the official test results still give a decent metric to see how active the virus currently is. The only people who really are getting lab tests done anymore do so because they get admitted to the hospital for something, visit a doctor and get tested because they're sick, because their employer requires it, or they still have a March 2020 mindset about the virus and get tested for every sniffle.

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Current DSHS Brazos County numbers: 63,151 (+27) confirmed cases 7,971 (+12) probable cases, 427 (+0) deaths as of 10/7/22.

Current Brazos County vaccination numbers: 138,202 (+18) people vaccinated with at least one dose as of 10/7/22. The number of fully vaccinated people is now 120,152 (+27). The number of additional doses given is 48,236 (+62). According to the state's vaccination dashboard, 52.12% of Brazos County residents (6 months and older) are now fully vaccinated.

Total COVID hospitalizations in Region N: 14 (+2); 2.64% of total hospital capacity as of 10/6/22

FYI:
Region N (2020 Population Estimate - 362,495)
Lab-Confirmed COVID-19 Patients Currently in Hospital - 14
Adult COVID-19 Patients in General Beds - 9
Adult COVID-19 Patients in ICU Beds - 5
Pediatric COVID-19 Patients in Hospitals - 0
Confirmed COVID-19 Admissions Previous 24 Hrs - 2
Confirmed COVID-19 Patients on Ventilators - 2

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This is all that really matters.

Current DSHS Brazos County numbers: 63,175 (+24) confirmed cases 7,980 (+9) probable cases, 427 (+0) deaths as of 10/10/22.

Current Brazos County vaccination numbers: 138,230 (+28) people vaccinated with at least one dose as of 10/10/22. The number of fully vaccinated people is now 120,175 (+23). The number of additional doses given is 48,308 (+72). According to the state's vaccination dashboard, 52.13% of Brazos County residents (6 months and older) are now fully vaccinated.

Total COVID hospitalizations in Region N: 13 (-1); 2.49% of total hospital capacity as of 10/9/22

FYI:
Region N (2020 Population Estimate - 362,495)
Lab-Confirmed COVID-19 Patients Currently in Hospital - 13
Adult COVID-19 Patients in General Beds - 10
Adult COVID-19 Patients in ICU Beds - 3
Pediatric COVID-19 Patients in Hospitals - 0
Confirmed COVID-19 Admissions Previous 24 Hrs - 4
Confirmed COVID-19 Patients on Ventilators - 1