This report from the Coastal Bend COVID Task Force provides updates on the COVID-19 pandemic in the Texas Coastal Bend region as of April 23, 2021. Key details include: new daily COVID cases have leveled off and are slightly increasing; hospitalizations and fatalities have leveled off and are slightly decreasing; relying only on vaccinations to slow transmission could lead to another outbreak. The report recommends continuing safety measures like vaccination, face coverings, social distancing, and avoiding multi-household gatherings.

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TEXAS COASTAL BEND
COVID-19 PANDEMIC REPORT
April 23, 2021
Coastal Bend COVID Task Force

2. ADDRESS PUBLIC CONCERNS &
QUESTIONS ABOUT COVID-19 &
INTERVENTIONS
ENABLE EVIDENCE-BASED
DECISION MAKING
2
TASK FORCE OBJECTIVES
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3. 1. GET VACCINATED
2. AVOID CROWDS
3. FACE COVERINGS & SOCIAL DISTANCING
4. ISOLATE WHEN EXPOSED OR SYMPTOMATIC
5. PARTIAL-ALL REMOTE SCHOOLING
3
COVID-19 INTERVENTIONS
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HIGH RISK
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4. 40,868 RECOVERIES
COASTAL BEND “COVID CONFIRMED” CASES
42,752 TOTAL CASES
624
ACTIVE
CASES
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NO CHANGE IN
ACTIVE CASES

5. 75% Business
Capacity
50%
75%
TRANSMISSION RATE ESTIMATION
COASTAL BEND
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Rt = 0.97
MODEL FIT
100%
PROJECTION MODEL CALIBRATION
Weekly New Cases
Simulated New Infections

6. 75% Business
Capacity
50%
75%
DAILY CONFIRMED COVID CASES
COASTAL BEND
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PROJECTION
100%

7. 7
80+
65-79
18-39
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0-17
40-64

8. LIVE OAK
ARANSAS
8
NUECES
KLEBERG
JIM WELLS
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ARANSAS
SAN PATRICIO
DUVAL
BEE
REFUGIO

9. LIVE OAK
ARANSAS
REFUGIO
9
BEE
KLEBERG
ARANSAS
JIM WELLS
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SAN
PATRICIO
REFUGIO
BROOKS
DUVAL

10. 10
ARANSAS
NUECES
MCALLEN
SAN PAT
LAREDO
BRNSVL
SAN ANT
VICTORIA
DAILY COVID CASES PER 100K
SELECTED SOUTH TEXAS COUNTIES
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11. 75% 50%
AMARILLO
DAL/FTW
HOUSTON
EL PASO
S. TEXAS
AUSTIN
SAN ANT
75% Business
Capacity
LONGVW
DAILY COVID CASES PER 100K
TEXAS PUBLIC HEALTH REGIONS
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100%

12. DAILY CENSUS COVID INPATIENTS
75% Business
Capacity
50%
75%
COASTAL BEND
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PROJECTION
100%

13. CENSUS ICU PATIENTS: APR 22
COASTAL BEND
NON-
COVID
COVID
154
132
22
ICU COVID PATIENTS
LEVEL
COVID
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14. PATIENT
CENSUS
NON-COVID
COVID
COVID
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TEXAS ICU PATIENTS: APR 22
EFFECT OF
COVID ON ICU
RELATIVELY LOW
IN MOST OF
STATE

15. 15
WEEKLY COVID FATALITIES
COASTAL BEND
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75% Business
Capacity
50%
75%
PROJECTION

16. 16
DAILY COVID FATALITIES
COASTAL BEND
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75% Business
Capacity
50%
75%
PROJECTION
100%

17. 17
COASTAL BEND COVID-19 FATALITIES
* Death certificates
from past 14 days still
being processed
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765 NUECES
1,260* COASTAL
BEND

19. 27%

20. LARGE INCREASE
IN PAST WEEK

21. 80+
65-79
16-49
0-15
50-64

22. SUMMARY
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•New cases level – slightly increasing
•Hospitalizations, fatalities level – slightly decreasing
•If we rely only on vaccinations to slow down COVID
transmission, there can be another outbreak
• Stay vigilant
• Get vaccinated if you can
• Face coverings (double up) + social distancing
• Multi-household celebrations discouraged

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TEXAS COASTAL BEND
COVID-19 PANDEMIC REPORT
April 23, 2021
Coastal Bend COVID Task Force