Brownwood News – On Friday, April 24, 2020, the Brownwood/Brown County Health Department received two negative test results, the total confirmed COVID-19 cases in Brown County remains at 17.
The nursing home with positive cases is voluntarily expanding testing for each resident of the facility through a private lab. Widespread testing in the nursing home is reflected in the total number of pending tests below.
Of the 47 pending tests, three are from the public health lab. The remaining 44 pending tests are through private labs. The Health Department is not always notified immediately of testing through private labs. However, the test results are reported to the Health Department. This is why there may be differences in the number of reported and pending tests from day to day.
Current totals for COVID-19 testing in Brown County:
241 Tested
177 Negative
47 Pending (3 public/44 private)
17 Positive Cases
11 Recovered
1 Death
Updated 4/24/2020 at 5:00 pm
