Two residents of a senior apartment community in The Woodlands died this week, marking Montgomery County’s first deaths related to the new coronavirus, officials said.

The Montgomery County Public Health District said in a news release that a man in his 90s died Wednesday, 12 days after the county reported he tested positive for the virus. On Tuesday, a man in his 80s died, the same day his case was reported positive. Both were residents of The Conservatory at Alden Bridge, which was placed under a shelter-in-place order Monday after 13 people there tested positive for COVID-19.

Officials did not identify the victims.

The health district said Wednesday afternoon that the county had recorded 110 positive cases, up 17 from Tuesday. More than a dozen have made a full recovery.

Authorities also said that a man who was the county’s first coronavirus case — a Patton Village police officer who was hospitalized in critical condition and was unconscious for several days — had shown improvement and was in fair condition.

County Judge Mark Keough announced the shelter-in-place order Monday, saying the move was “out of concern for the well-being of the local community as well as the high-risk individuals who reside at the Conservatory.”

The Conservatory had announced March 20 it was halting visitation in response to a directive from Texas banning “nonessential visitors from entering retirement and independent living communities.”

The county health district said it became aware of a positive test for coronavirus at The Conservatory at Alden Bridge on March 25.

On March 26, the senior living complex said in a Facebook post that two residents had tested positive for COVID-19. The following day, the complex said it had identified 19 people who came in contact with a resident who tested positive more than a week ago and that they had since been placed in self-isolation. Seven of the 19 tested positive and were quarantined, the complex said on Facebook.

Keough said a problem was that residents not in isolation and living in other buildings were still coming and going on their own and allowing visitors. Concern that many residents “were not taking this serious enough” prompted the shelter-in-place order, he said.

Residents were advised this week they could go stay with a family member by Tuesday evening, but if they did so, they wouldn’t be able to return until the order expired April 13. The order prohibits anyone from entering the property except for food providers, caregivers, medical professionals, law enforcement or someone assisting a resident in leaving under the order.

Officials with The Conservatory have declined requests for comment.

Concerns about potential outbreaks at senior communities have been high since more than 20 deaths in Washington state were connected to a nursing home in Kirkland run by Life Care Center, which also operates homes in Texas. The elderly are among the groups considered most vulnerable to the effects of the virus.

The Conservatory is not a skilled nursing facility, but Keough stressed this week that nursing homes and licensed senior living communities “need to heed the warnings of the health professionals and those issued by my office as this is a very serious virus that spreads very easily and requires extensive medical intervention for those who require hospitalization.”

Brooke Lewis and Emily Foxhall contributed to this report

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