Sept 8th Covid-19 Press Conference
September 8, 2021 12:51PM CDT

During the City of Amarillo Covid-19 Press Conference, Local Health Officials said that 60% of Amarillo residents are vaccinated.
Public Health Authority Dr. Todd Bell said this includes 31% of Potter County and 32% of Randall County.
Northwest Texas Hospital is seeing 56 patients with Covid, 29 in the ICU and 18 are on Ventilators.
BSA is caring for 77 COVID patients with 89% of the patients with Covid are not vaccinated and 50% being under the ages of 60 and 35 of those on ventilators.
The VA Healthcare system reported 6 patients hospitalized from COVID-19, with four in the ICU and one on a ventilator.