Brown County Judge Dr. Paul Lilly was notified Wednesday by the Texas Department of State Health Services that COVID hospitalizations have been below 15% for seven consecutive days, good news for hospitals and businesses who may operate at higher capacity.  Letter to Judge Lilly attached at the following link:

DSHS-Letter-to-Brown-County-Judge-GA-32-Return-to-75-Percent

Judge Lilly released the following statement.

We are thrilled to see that our hospitalizations have dropped below the 15% threshold. We urge everyone to keep using all of the COVID 19 precautions including wearing a mask.

 

I understand that these masks are an annoyance to have to wear, but they really do work at keeping the infection rates down. I just want to personally thank all of the people who are abiding by the COVID-19 precautions.  You are insuring the safety and livelihoods of people in our County.

I and the Brownwood/Brown County Health Dept. continue to do everything possible to get as many vaccines to Brown County as humanly possible under the national and state circumstances. I speak weekly with the Governor’s Office, U.S. Congressman August Pfluger, and even Texas State Chief of Emergency Management Nim Kidd for updates on vaccine availability for our area.  This week alone we were allocated 600 doses and they have all been administered to citizens of Brown County today during the vaccine drive thru at Gordon Wood Stadium. Next week we are hoping to receive another 600 if not more doses, but we will accept anything they can provide. Please keep faith. We are turning the corner on this as fast as we can. Please continue to be cautious and safe.

Again I thank everyone for your patience and we hope to continue to see the COVID-19 rate drop in our area as we are able to vaccinate more and more people, but we have to work together to insure we are successful in this difficult time.

Thank you and God Bless,

Dr. Paul Lilly

Brown County Judge