COVID-19 Update: Thursday 5/14/20

+There are now 639 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the six Southeast Texas county area. 418 cases have been reported in Jefferson County, 116 in Hardin County, 87 in Orange County, 33 in Jasper County, 8 in Tyler County, and 5 in Newton County. There have been 33 Coronoavirus related deaths.

+The city of Beaumont has reported 325 positive COVID-19 cases. There are 333 in the Beaumont jurisdiction, which includes Fannett, Cheek, China, and Nome. Of those testing positive, 149 are males and 184 are females. 100 of the positive cases are residents between the ages of 51 and 70. There have been 8 positive cases of children under 10. There have been 20 death related COVID-19 cases in Beaumont.

+The Southeast Texas Call Center is in operation daily between the hours of 8:00 am 5 00 pm... Remember, you must call 409-550-2536 to be screened before you can be tested at one of the two testing sites in Southeast Texas. Since the call center began operation on March 20th, 7,921 calls have been made to the center with 5,554 residents across the six county region being tested. 208 calls were made to the center yesterday.

+For additional information across the six county region, which includes Jefferson, Hardin, Orange, Jasper, Newton, and Tyler Counties you can go to SETINFO.org. That page is updated on a daily basis.


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