Over 80 residents, employees test positive for COVID-19 at Texas City nursing home
Source: KHOU
TEXAS CITY, Texas — More than 80 people tested positive for COVID-19 at The Resort nursing home, the Galveston County Health District announced this afternoon.
The health district said 83 residents and employees contracted the virus as of Friday. The health district, in partnership with UTMB, tested 146 people associated with the nursing home on Thursday. Some of those test results are still pending.
A resident tested positive for COVID-19 on March 28. Over the weekend and early this week, the health district was notified of more positive cases.
Dr. Phillip Keiser, the local health authority for Galveston County, is working on an order that would put restrictions on long-term care facilities, including ensuring that such facilities alert family members and putting signage on the front door letting the public know there’s been positive cases.
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