Third consecutive day under 15 percent
Monday, the Trauma Service Area (TSA) that includes Henderson County hit its third consecutive day under the 15 percent COVID-19 hospitalization rate. The rate on Monday was 14.65 percent with 453 COVID patients. (*These numbers are for the region, not just Henderson County. See explanation below.)
The region was designated a "high hospitalization area" on Dec. 14. That designation will remain in place until the region sees seven consecutive days under the 15 percent mark. Lifting the designation will lift certain limitations on capacity for restaurants and many business establishments.
I know a lot of folks have questions about vaccinations. County Judge Wade McKinney and I talked about vaccinations in our podcast a couple of weeks ago. You can listen to that interview here.
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*Texas separates the state into 22 regions called Trauma Service Areas, or TSAs, for hospital data. Henderson County's region is designated TSA-G and includes Tyler/Longview. TSA-G includes about 960,000 people. The 15 percent is important because it is the level that defines "high hospitalizations" in any TSA.
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