Brownwood News – On May 18, 2020 the Brownwood/Brown County Health Department reported receiving 48 negative test results.

Out of the 48 negative results, 39 were from the mobile drive through testing on May 12th and 9 were from community members not affiliated with the nursing home.

The Health Department has not received results from the second mobile drive through testing held on May 16th.

On Saturday, May 16th, the National Guard performed a deep cleaning of the nursing facility in Brownwood with multiple positive cases. The nursing facility is continuing to do mass testing on a regular basis until they have two weeks without a positive test result.

The National Guard will be performing testing at all nursing homes in Brown County over the next two weeks, as per Governor Abbott’s directive. As the Health Department receives the nursing home mass testing results, they will post them.

The total COVID-19 cases in Brown County remains at 51.

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