TOM GREEN COUNTY, Texas — UPDATE (3:08 p.m. April 30): The City of San Angelo has provided a clarification on the increase of pending test numbers from Wednesday to Thursday.
The spike in pending cases Thursday's report comes from a large employer in Tom Green County deciding to test its entire workforce. These were done through a private lab but are being reported to the health department.
The City said it encourages large employers to test employees to help prevent the spread of COVID-19 in the community.
ORIGINAL STORY: The City of San Angelo's Public Information Office reported one positive case of COVID-19 Thursday. The test was administered in Tom Green County, however, the patient does not reside in the county.
Thursday's reported case is a black male in his 60s who listed his county of residence as Coleman County. The City said it cannot confirm the transmission method because the state is conducting the investigation.
All positive reported cases that have a different county of residence other than Tom Green County are being monitored by the Texas Department of State Health Services. To reflect that, five cases have been moved from the actively monitoring column to the DSHS monitoring category.
