+The Beaumont Health Department has confirmed the city’s first COVID-19 related death. The man, aged between 70-80 years old, had underlined health issues. It is the area’s second COVID-19 related death. 54-year old Michael Westbrook, of Lumberton, passed away last week.
+There are now 61 confirmed positive COVID-19 cases across the six county region. Jefferson County has 31, Hardin County 14, Orange County 12, Jasper County 2. Newton and Tyler Counties each has one reported case.
+1,938 calls have been made to the Southeast Texas Call Center since its operation begin on March 20th. A total of 927 have been referred to a testing site. 172 calls were taken yesterday, with 52 tested at the Jefferson County site and 33 at the Hardin County site.