COVID cases pass 50 in Milam County

The COVID-19 count has passed 50 in Milam County this week, with the biggest number added over the last week since the pandemic began.

The county added 11 cases over the last week to bring the county to 51 cases as of Wednesday morning, June 17.

“We added three more cases on Tuesday evening,” Milam County Judge Steve Young said. “We learned of three more confirmed cases of the virus in Milam County. These are all Milam County residents who live in the central part of the county and we think that all three were infected by community spread, meaning the infection came from someone else located in our community. All three are self-quarantined at home and we are hopeful for a speedy recovery.”

Young said an additional two cases were added to the county on Tuesday morning. Both of those are also in self-quarantine.

This brings the county’s case count to 51 confirmed cases in the county since March 2020 with 14 active cases. Young said 71 county residents are considered at high risk because of their close contact with an infected person and are currently being monitored by the Milam County Health Department. There is nobody hospitalized as of right now and we still only have one death from the virus in the county.