STATUS UPDATE AS OF December 2, 2022:
From the period November 6, 2022- December 2, 2022, the Health District is reporting 109 new cases, 0 deaths, 6 hospitalizations, and 49 recoveries.
There are 6 (6%) new cases who are up to date on their vaccinations. There are 103 (94%) new cases who are not up to date on their vaccinations.
There are 69 new re-infection cases. Of those, 3 (4%) are up to date on their vaccinations; 66 (96%) are not up to date on their vaccinations.
Of the 6 individuals hospitalized today, 6 are vaccine breakthrough cases; those 6 have completed their primary series, but are not up to date.
Of the 6 individuals hospitalized today, 1 are re-infections.
Positivity Rate = 12.2%
As a reminder, the holidays are a good time to get caught up on your vaccinations before family gatherings begin. Flu and COVID-19 vaccines are available at the Wichita Falls-Wichita County Public Health District. The updated Bivalent COVID-19 vaccine is now available and recommended by the CDC, and includes protection against the predominant Omicron strain.
** Starting on Friday, July 15th, the Health District will move to report COVID-19 numbers weekly on the website, graphs will be updated on the last Friday of every month, and both numbers and graphs will be posted to social media monthly.**