El Paso surpasses 800 virus deaths; new ICU record set at 325 patients
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) -- El Paso surpassed 800 coronavirus deaths Wednesday morning. A grim milestone that comes a little more than eight months after the first Covid-19 case was confirmed in the county.
Health officials reported 22 new coronavirus-related deaths, bringing the death toll to 804. The latest deaths included:
- 1 woman in her 30s
- 1 man in his 40s
- 2 men in their 50s
- 2 men in their 60s
- 4 women in their 60s
- 1 man in his 70s
- 3 women in their 70s
- 5 men in their 80s
- 1 woman in her 80s
- 1 man in his 90s
- 1 woman in her 90s
The number of coronavirus hospitalizations decreased by 68 to 1,052. However, there are 325 patients in the ICU which is a new record for El Paso.
Health officials reported 927 new virus cases on Wednesday. That brings the number of known active cases to 34,819 -- another all-time high. El Paso has broken its record for active cases every day for the past six weeks.
Since the start of the pandemic, 77,186 people in El Paso have been infected with coronavirus, and 41,110 people have recovered - but doctors say some recovered persons can face long-term health impacts stemming from infection.
Complete El Paso Covid-19 data from the health department is available at epstrong.org.
Another tragic day for El Paso as nearly two dozen Covid-19 deaths are reported:
— Erik Elken KVIA ABC-7 (@ErikElkenKVIA) November 18, 2020
• 22 deaths (804 total, 430 more still under investigation)
• 927 new known cases
• 34,819 active cases (record)
• 1,052 hospitalized
• 325 in ICU
• 201 on ventilatorshttps://t.co/GFhErGWmqr pic.twitter.com/vcZ5GcSp3P
