Rate of COVID-19 spread in Gregg County approaches minimal

Published 4:32 pm Thursday, February 24, 2022

Community spread

The rate of new COVID-19 cases in Gregg County on Thursday continued to drop significantly as community spread levels neared minimal levels.

The Northeast Texas Public Health District reported the seven-day rolling rate of new cases on Thursday was 13.83 in Gregg County down from 26.73 on Monday. The rate remains at moderate community spread but was approaching minimal, which is fewer than 10 cases in the seven-day rolling rate.

Monday’s report

Check out our story from Monday’s report here.



New cases of COVID-19 in the county also decreased. Thursday’s report showed 57 new total cases down from 62 on Monday.

Active cases in county residents dropped by more than 1,000.

On Monday, NET Health reported 5,086. On Thursday, the district reported 3,966.