The number of total confirmed COVID-19 cases has jumped from 45 to 52 this week, but the number of active cases under the care of the local clinic was four as of Tuesday morning.
Donley County Judge John Howard, MD, adjusted the number of confirmed cases tested outside of the Clarendon Family Medical Center last Friday after consulting with state officials and also after learning of two positive tests conducted on Donley County residents at the Childress hospital.
Howard also added the late Eunice Ward to the confirmed positive count. A resident of Hedley, Ward tested positive in Amarillo before her July 28 death, but those results have still never been officially reported to Donley County.
Howard also reported that the local clinic is considering the possibility of providing a new Point of Care testing service that can return a positive COVID-19 test result in as little as three minutes.
“It’s better to have more information sooner,” Howard said. “Think of the implications of school opening up and a student coming in with symptoms. Is it strep, is it flu, is it COVID? How we respond is very different. If it’s COVID, then we have to start quarantining.”
Meanwhile, the Clarendon Family Medical Center this week reported one new case of COVID-19 in Donley County with no tests pending as of Tuesday.
Four patients are still under the care of the clinic as active COVID cases.
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