The Emergency Operations Center received test results from the mobile testing site conducted last week on Wednesday, May 6, 2020, and the results are as follows:
Positive: 1
Negatives: 86
No Pending
The Joint Operation Center in Texarkana says the overall number of confirmed cases went up by one to 111, with the recovered at 73, for a current total caseload of 38. Cass County total confirmed at 20 with 16 recoveries for a current total of 4. Miller County has not updated in the past few days but stood at 35 total cases with 27 recoveries for a total of 8 current. There have been 11 deaths attributed to Covid-19 in Bowie County. 1 death in Miller County.
Here is the latest Bowie County breakdown from the Joint Operations Center in Texarkana May 14, 2020:
| Confirmed COVID-19 Cases in Bowie County (as of 5/13/20) | |||
| Total Cases in Bowie County | 111 | ||
| Ages (Bowie County Cases) | |||
| 0-19 | 5 | ||
| 20-29 | 15 | ||
| 30-39 | 20 | ||
| 40-49 | 25 | ||
| 50-59 | 17 | ||
| 60-69 | 16 | ||
| 70-79 | 13 | ||
| 80+ | 0 | ||
| Gender (Bowie County Cases) | |||
| Male | 54 | ||
| Female | 57 | ||
| Deaths | 11 | ||
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