TYLER, Texas — As of Thursday, all seven counties, including Smith and Gregg, covered in the Northeast Texas Public Health District have reached “substantial” levels of COVID-19 community spread, according to the most recent data.
Wood, Van Zandt, Smith, Gregg and Henderson counties have seen a seven-day rolling rate of more than 35 cases a day per 100,000 persons. Anderson County joined the six other countries Thursday, as its rolling rates rose.
NET Health reported a peak in patients hospitalized in Tyler hospitals with COVID-19 on Monday. The number has decreased by two patients Thursday, bringing the total to 357.
Smith County has 685 new confirmed and probable COVID-19 cases as of Thursday, according to a twice-weekly report.
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