Covid-19 Update: Full Week of New Records Set; 438 Active Cases

January 13, 2022 - According to the Texas DSHS Covid-19 Dashboard, the surge in Covid-19 cases has surpassed the four hundred mark with 438 estimated active cases. Today's numbers continue setting a new record high in number of active cases and brings the record setting to a full week.

There were 57 new cases reported and 13 new recoveries.

January 13th Numbers: (Changes since Jan. 12)
Confirmed Cases - 2,002 (22 new)
Probable Cases - 1,495 (35 new)
Fatalities - 115
Active Cases (Estimated) - 438
Recovered (Estimated) - 2,945 (13 new)


January 12, 2022 - A new daily record was once again set for highest number of estimated active cases with the Covid-19 Dashboard reporting 394 cases. There were 36 new cases reported since yesterday. No recoveries were reported therefore all the new cases added to the active number of cases driving the numbers closer to the 400 mark.

January 12th marks the sixth day for a new record high.

January 12th Numbers: (Changes since Jan. 11)
Confirmed Cases - 1,980 (16 new)
Probable Cases - 1,460 (20 new)
Fatalities - 115
Active Cases (Estimated) - 394
Recovered (Estimated) - 2,932


January 11, 2022 - According to the Texas DSHS Covid-19 Dashboard, cases continue to surge in Shelby County setting a new record daily for number of active cases over the past five days. The previous record for the highest number of active cases was 237 active Covid-19 cases which was set Janaury 23, 2021.

Today, the estimated active case count for the county is 375. Below is a list of Active Cases over the past five days.

Estimated number of Active Cases of Covid-19
01/11/2022 - 375 (27 increase)
01/10/2022 - 348 (32 increase)
01/09/2022 - 316 (17 increase)
01/08/2022 - 299 (40 increase)
01/07/2022 - 259 (41 increase)

The Texas DSHS Covid-19 Dashboard reported 35 new cases on January 11th from the previous day. Of the new cases, 21 were confirmed cases and 14 were probable cases. Also, 8 new recoveries were reported.

January 11th Numbers: (Changes since Jan. 10)
Confirmed Cases - 1,964 (21 new)
Probable Cases - 1,440 (14 new)
Fatalities - 115
Active Cases (Estimated) - 375
Recovered (Estimated) - 2,915 (8 new)

January 10th Numbers: (Changes since Jan. 9)
Confirmed Cases - 1,943 (15 new)
Probable Cases - 1,426 (19 new)
Fatalities - 115
Active Cases (Estimated) - 348
Recovered (Estimated) - 2,907 (2 new)

January 9th Numbers: (Changes since Jan. 8)
Confirmed Cases - 1,928 (18 new)
Probable Cases - 1,407 (2 new)
Fatalities - 115
Active Cases (Estimated) - 316
Recovered (Estimated) - 2,905 (3 new)

January 8th Numbers: (Changes since Jan. 7)
Confirmed Cases - 1,910 (23 new)
Probable Cases - 1,405 (18 new)
Fatalities - 115 (1 new)
Active Cases (Estimated) - 299
Recovered (Estimated) - 2,902

January 7th Numbers: (Changes since Jan. 6)
Confirmed Cases - 1,887 (19 new)
Probable Cases - 1,387 (28 new)
Fatalities - 114
Active Cases (Estimated) - 259
Recovered (Estimated) - 2,902 (6 new)