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Taylor County's Latest COVID-19 Reporting Changes Explained

Courtesy of Annette Lerma
Annette Lerma, Director of the Abilene/Taylor County Public Health District

Taylor County’s daily reporting on COVID-19 numbers has changed in format and content  several times since March 26th, when officials announced the first local positive test result.  

Last week the number of cases being reported dropped sharply after officials removed more than 90 cases of positive prisoners at the Middleton and French Robertson Units, which are both in Abilene, but officially in Jones County.  That same day, state officials instructed Taylor County health officials to pull dozens of cases identified by serology blood tests as well.

Annette Lerma, the Director of the Abilene Taylor County Public Health District explains the changes and responds to community criticism about the many changes in reporting.

Credit City of Abilene
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City of Abilene
Taylor County's COVID-19 count dropped sharply in one day.

Heather Claborn joined KACU as news director in January 2018. She oversees daily newscast and feature reporting and works with KACU’s news anchors to develop newscasts. She also conducts two-way interviews, reports for newscast and feature stories and maintains the station’s social media and website content. In 2020, Claborn helped staff develop the daily newsletter that is delivered by email.
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