April 19 2020 Issue

1,029 confirmed cases, 18 deaths in county

As of 6 p.m. on April 16, there were 6 cases of COVID-19 in the 78732 ZIP code, 2 cases in 78730, 4 cases in 78726 and and 10 in 78750. These are the four ZIP codes that are in the Four Points area. A portion of 78726 and 78750 are in Four Points but all or the majority of 78732 and 78730 are in Four Points.
In addition to these numbers in Travis County, there have been 414 deaths in Texas related to coronavirus out of 16,876 confirmed cases in the county. In the U.S. as of 6 p.m. on April 16, there were 667,801 positive cases and 32,917 deaths and 2.15 million cases and 143,844 deaths related to COVID-19, according to data released by city of Austin.
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Local entrepreneur acquires COVID-19 test kits that will help diagnose cases during pandemic

Shane Stevens of Steiner Ranch shows the two different serology testing kits for COVID-19 that his company, AnyPlace MD, is acquiring so more people can be tested during the pandemic.
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Vandegrift student makes 3D printed respirators in midst of COVID crisis

Hayden Warren, a Vandegrift HS junior, has designed, tested and delivered N95 respirators during the coronavirus pandemic.

By LYNETTE HAALAND, Four Points News

Vandegrift junior Hayden Warren has been creating 3D-printed respirators in response to the global lack of N95 respirators during the coronavirus pandemic stay-at-home order.

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