City Officials Confirm 2 New Covid-19 Cases

The City of Amarillo received confirmation today,March 21 of two additional cases of
COVID-19 (coronavirus). Both new cases are from outside the Amarillo area, but were tested locally.

These additional cases bring the total number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the Amarillo area to six.

New Patient 1 is a Castro County resident. New Patient 2 is a Deaf Smith County resident.

The city is also announcing the new “Amarillo Area Coronavirus Report Card”.

This daily report will update the community on the number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 (coronavirus) in the Amarillo area, as well as the Alert Status Level and other relevant information.

“Numbers are being reported in different ways and to different agencies, so our reporting is going to differentiate
between Amarillo area cases and regional cases tested in Amarillo,” said Amarillo Public Health Director Casie
Stoughton. “We will only report cases directly provided to and confirmed by Amarillo Public Health. This is
important so the Amarillo (Potter/Randall County) numbers do not get skewed.”

Updated information for positive tests for COVID-19 in the Amarillo area: Two individuals in Randall County, one
individual in Oldham County, two individuals in Castro County and one individual in Deaf Smith County.

The city will release the report card each day at around 2:30 p.m. for the foreseeable future, including weekends.

The Amarillo-area Coronavirus Status Alert Level remains at Level Orange.