County releases age break out of COVID-19 cases

The Milam County Health Department released a breakdown of the ages and zip codes of the county's 56 COVID-19 cases this morning during a meeting with city and county officials.

The COVID-19 count has passed 50 in Milam County this week, with the biggest number added in one day yesterday, when five new cases were identified.

The largest number of those with the virus is between the ages of 20-29. Fourteen individuals in the county are in that age group that have had the virus. There are 10 cases in people between the ages of 40-49, nine cases in those ages 30-39, seven cases in those ages 50-59, six cases in those ages 10-19, and 10 cases in those over age 60.

"Last evening we got confirmation on five new cases in Milam County, with one new hospitalization," Milam County Judge Steve Young announvced early Thursday morning, June 18. "This brings the total to 56 confirmed cases in the county with 17 active cases."

Young said 71 county residents are considered at high risk because of their close contact with an infected person and are currently being monitored by the Milam County Health Department. Cases across Texas are now up to 93,206 confirmed cases since March 3. That is an increase of 5,352 in the last 24 hours across the state with a total of 2,029 deaths and an estimated 59,089 recoveries.