City manager applauds current COVID-19 trend in Seguin

Seguin, TX, USA / Seguin Today

Darren Dunn

(Seguin) — The COVID-19 trend in the city of Seguin continues to move in a more positive direction. That’s according to Seguin City Manager Steve Parker, who provided an update during Tuesday’s meeting of the Seguin City Council.

Parker says the overall cases remains relatively high, but the hospitalizations and the deaths have continued to drop.

“I think we have some pretty positive news. The main thing that we’ve been tracking here is really how the hospital has been fairing over the last few months trying to keep them from being overwhelmed. You are still seeing a steady number of overall cases that are being reported by the department of state health services but we are 236 cases on Aug. 4. We were at 276 this week overall but the number hospitalizations have dropped from 14 at that point in time to six and the overall seven-day averages have dropped considerably,” said Parker.

While the number of overall cases increased slightly over the last two weeks, Parker says the positivity rate has actually started to come down. The positivity rate compares the number of positive test results compared to the overall number of tests taken at any given time. The local positivity rate is still higher than the five percent average that state and federal health officials like to see, but Parker says the trend has been going downward over the last couple of weeks.

“A month ago that was over about almost 46 percent and now that has declined to 16.4 so I would love to debate anybody who thinks that these masks are not working in our community. They definitely are. They are a pin. Nobody likes them but they are the right thing to do for a while longer,” said Parker.

There are currently 34 COVID-19 related deaths being reported at GRMC in Seguin. That’s three more than what was reported during Parker’s last report on August 4. He says it’s good news to also see those numbers start to come down.

Residents are encouraged to make sure they follow all the safety protocols that are currently in place to help reduce the spread of the virus, including wearing a mask, practicing social distancing, and washing your hands frequently.

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