Zero COVID cases reported since 4-23

COVID-19 continues to be held at bay in Donley County as vaccination rates rise, according to the Clarendon Family Medical Center.

Clinic spokesperson Marsha Bruce said Tuesday the clinic has not had a positive case of the virus since April 23.
The clinic gave 27 COVID-19 tests durign the month of May, Bruce reported.

Total tests given for the disease now number 1,448 at the clinic with 1,082 negatives. Positive tests since the beginning of the pandemic at the clinic number 366; and when combined with tests given elsewhere total 409.
Thirteen Donley County residents have died from the COVID-19 virus.

Bruce said 65 percent of people over the age of 65 have had one shot of a COVID-19 vaccine and 54 percent are fully vaccinated.

The Texas Tribune reports that overall 24 percent of Donley County residents are fully vaccinated as of May 30.