COVID-19

Lamar County has been notified of an additional five COVID-19 cases Friday. These consist of a 10-year-old female, a 22-year-old female, a 26-year-old male, a 32-year-old female, and a 76-year-old female. Lamar County has a total of 133 confirmed cases of COVID-19. Seven are travel-related, and 126 community spread. Nine …

UIL Releases Summer Strength and Conditioning and Marching Band Practice Guidelines UIL Releases Summer Strength and Conditioning and Marching Band Practice Guidelines The University Interscholastic League (UIL) released requirements and guidelines for its member schools to begin limited UIL summer strength, conditioning, and marching band practice starting June 8, 2020. …

Titus County had 220 cases of COVID-19 as reported Thursday, not counting tests conducted by the state this week. The total positive cases Friday at 3:00 pm for Titus County are now 248. Titus Regional Medical Center Friday is reporting 848 tested with 576 negatives, 215 positives with 57 pending. …

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has reopened campsites around lakes in Texas. Boat ramps and day-use areas opened May 7, and the Corps started taking reservations at campsites the next day. Bookings have been coming in at the same level as an average year. Playgrounds and large shelters, however, …

The DPS will begin a phased reopening of driver’s license offices starting May 26, with limited service offerings. As part of this opening plan, DPS will launch a statewide driver’s license appointment system that allows customers to book appointments up to six months in advance. The limited services offered will …

Total Tests 800,433 Antibody Tests 49,313 Cases Reported 52,268 Recoveries *Estimated* 31,223 Fatalities 1,440 Active Cases *Estimated* 19,664

Craig DeLisi, MD If you’ve watched local news or kept up with the numbers, you’ve seen a significant increase in the number of cases of COVID-19 in Titus County (and surrounding counties) over the last two weeks. As expected, we are seeing a spike in evidence a few weeks later …

Hopkins County Emergency Management reported two additional COVID-19 cases Thursday afternoon. The latest patients are isolated and treated at home. The latest positive tests are not from the testing last Friday at the Civic Center. Six positive cases have recovered, making a total now of nine active cases.

As of Thursday, May 21, Lamar County received notification of an additional two COVID-19 cases. They are a 30-year-old woman and a 57-year-old man. Lamar County has 128 confirmed cases of COVID-19. Seven of these are travel-related, and 121 community spread. There are a total of nine COVID-19 related deaths, …

Thursday, May 21 – 5:00 pm Where Confirmed Deceased Recovered Active Worldwide 5,171,414 333,083 2,067,376 2,831,398 The U.S. 1,597,755 94,629 303,367 1,199,759 Texas 52,986 1,480 30.341 22,147 Wednesday, May 20 – 12:00 pm Where Confirmed Deceased Recovered Active Worldwide 5,039,500 326,501 1,994,012 2,720,114 The U.S. 1,577,936 93,867 364,683 1,119,386 Texas …