Death toll rises in December for Kerr Count; 51 new cases at Peterson

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Reports from the Texas Department of State Health Services and Health and Human Services showed that Kerr County had four additional COVID-19 deaths in December, including two more at Villagio of Kerrville — an assisted living center that has been hit hard by the virus. 

All of this comes as Peterson Health reported 51 new cases on Tuesday— one of the biggest one-day totals since the pandemic began — and nearly 30,000 people tested positive for the virus across the state. Peterson Regional Medical Center had 29 people admitted to the hospital on Tuesday. 

The deaths at Villagio bring the assisted living home's toll to five, but that report is only through Dec. 22. At that point, 17 residents had tested positive for the virus. The same report showed that 52 people had tested positive at Kerrville's River Hills Nursing and Health, where two people died. More than 250 people have tested positive for the virus among the staff and patients at nursing homes. 

An estimated 31 people died in December from coronavirus. DSHS reported deaths on Dec. 19 and Dec. 24, along with a fatality on Dec. 30.  In 2019, 64 people died in Kerr County in the month of December — 18 from cardiac disease and another 14 from cancer. At some point, coronavirus deaths will be the leading cause of death in the county for the month of December, but it could take several more weeks before the final toll is tabulated. 


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