Local Officials Release COVID-19 Update: Breakdown for 31 New Cases in Last 10 Days

June 25, 2020 - Shelby County Emergency Management reports there have been 31 new cases reported in the last 10 day period. This spike is due, in part to DSHS reporting that 11 of these cases were from Tyson. DSHS also has reported 9 new cases at Focused Care Nursing Center during this same 10 day time period. The outbreak at Focused Care has a total of 21 confirmed cases but 6 of those have been reported as recovered. Leaving 15 active cases at the facility. DSHS has not reported any hospitalizations to us from the outbreak at Focused Care.

For today's report, the Shelby County Emergency Management office reports as of 9:30am on Thursday, June 25, 2020, TxDSHS has reported 3 new cases for a total of 261 cumulative cases of COVID-19. DSHS reports 5 more recoveries for a total of 146 recoveries leaving 107 active cases.

The death count remains at 8, however, TxDSHS does show 9 deaths on their COVID-19 dashboard for Shelby County.

DSHS also reports of the 261 cumulative cases, 18 of those cases are "lost to follow" which means DSHS has not been able to contact them to follow up on their recovery.

Breakdown of cumulative cases by zip code and ages:

Cases in each zip code:

Center (75935) - 189 (2 New)
Joaquin (75954) - 10
Shelbyville (75973) - 17
Tenaha (75974) - 26 (1 New)
Timpson (75975) - 19

Ages of Confirmed Cases:

Ages 1 to 20: 18 cases (1 New)
Ages 21 to 40: 83 cases (1 New)
Ages 41 to 60: 84 cases, 4 death
Ages 61 to 80: 46 cases, 3 death
Ages 81 to 100: 25 cases (1 New), 1 death
Age unknown: 5 cases