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Active COVID-19 cases rise to all-time high in January As of Jan. 11, Montgomery County Public Health District reported the total number of active COVID-19 cases had reached an all-time high of 16,652. The case count had doubled from Dec. 21 to Dec. 29 and from Dec. 29 to Jan. 4, when MCPHD reported 9,547 active cases. From Dec. 21 to Jan. 4, the testing positivity rate increased from 6% to 23%, according to Montgomery County Public Health District. As of Jan. 11, it had reached 38%. As of Jan. 11, 57.71% of Montgomery County residents were fully vaccinated with two shots, according to the MCPHD.
Construction underway on 2 newhealth care clinics
Two new health care clinics are being built in The Woodlands area in 2022 with the Creekside Park Med- ical Plaza and a 20,000-square-foot Memorial Hermann Primary Care Clinic planned at 1890 Research Forest Drive in Shenandoah being developed by the Howard Hughes Corp. “Health care is obviously still a growing business sector in The Wood- lands,” said Jim Carman, president of the Houston region for the Howard Hughes Corp. A news release from Dec. 7 states in addition to primary care, services at the Memorial Hermann clinic will include endocrinology, sports medi- cine, virtual medicine and lab services. Upon completion, the Creekside Park Medical Plaza will be a two-story, 33,745-square-foot Class A medical o ce building with tenants includ- ing services such as orthopedics, BY ALLY BOLENDER & ANDREW CHRISTMAN
pediatrics, imaging, ophthalmology, oncology and dentistry. Construction on the Memorial Hermann Care Clinic began in late December with Creekside Park Med- ical Plaza beginning early January. Carman said both projects will be completed and operating in 2023. The new facilities re ect the region’s growth in the health care sector in recent years. In 2020 and 2021, the health care industry was the largest employment sector among
major nonretail employers in The Woodlands, according to The Wood- lands Economic Development Part- nership. In 2020, health care overtook the energy sector, and education was the second largest sector in 2021. “When a community is growing, ... you hope that the two sectors that recognize and address the needs of the population—health care and education—are No. 1 and No. 2,” said Gil Staley, chief executive o cer for The Woodlands Area EDP.
Montgomery County active COVID-19 cases Dec. 21 2,212
Dec. 29 4,456
Jan. 4 9,547
Jan. 11 16,652
A Memorial Hermann Primary Care Clinic is coming to Shenandoah, one of two new area clinics opening in 2022. (Courtesy The Howard Hughes Corp.)
SOURCE: MONTGOMERY COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH DISTRICT COMMUNITY IMPACT NEWSPAPER
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