COVID-19 cases have reached an all-time low since the start of the pandemic in Pecos County.

For the past six days, there have been zero active COVID-19 cases in the county and that number has stayed in single digits since March 9 and below 20 active cases since Feb. 16.

Those numbers were similar in the two prison units in Pecos County until this past week. COVID-19 cases spiked in the Lynaugh prison in Fort Stockton and as of April 14, there were 18 inmates that tested positive for the virus and three active cases by employees.

There were an additional 18 inmates that are in medical isolation, meaning they were in direct contact with individuals who tested positive for COVID-19.

The facility is not in a current lockdown.

The other prison in Pecos County, the Fort Stockton Unit, has no active cases.

State reveals vaccine numbers by county

This past week the state provided information regarding vaccination rates by county.

Pecos County continues to be on the higher end of vaccination rates in the state as 35% of residents in the county, who are 16 and older, have been fully vaccinated. The number of people who are of age to get the shot is currently and have received at least one shot is at 41%.

The 35% fully vaccinated translates to 4,273 people who have are fully vaccinated that live in the county.