April 28, 2020 - Shelby County Judge Allison Harbison reports 103 cases of COVID-19.
April 27, 2020 - Shelby County Office of Emergency Management was notified by Texas Dept. of State Health Services (DSHS) on April 24th of 12 more positive confirmed cases of COVID-19 and again on April 26th of one more confirmed positive case bringing the total case count for Shelby County to 100. We were also notified of 4 more recovered cases, bringing the total number of recovered cases to 13.
Breakdown of cases by zip code and ages:
Cases in each zip code:
Center (75935) - 72 (difference +10)
Joaquin (75954) - 4 (difference +1)
Shelbyville (75973 - 6 (difference +1)
Tenaha (75974) - 10
Timpson (75975) - 8 (difference +1)
Ages of Confirmed Cases:
Ages 1 to 20 - 1 case
Ages 21 to 40 - 28 cases (difference +6)
Ages 41 to 60 - 39 cases (difference +4)
Ages 61 to 80 - 26 cases (difference +3)
Ages 81 to 100 - 3 cases
Age unknown - 3 cases
On Friday April 24th a drive-thru testing site was established in Center. The site was a collaborative effort between the Texas Division of Emergency Management, Texas Emergency Medical Task Force, DSHS, and the Texas Military Dept. A total of 67 tests were administered that day.
The numbers of confirmed cases listed above do NOT include any tests that were administered Friday at the test site.
