COVID-19

Texas reported 21,592 new Covid-19 cases and 278 Covid deaths.

  Lamar County COVID-19 Report for 12/16/2020: 1 Additional Death: 47 year old male 55 New Cases Total Cases: 3379 Total PCR: 1712 Total Antigen: 1619 Total Antibody: 48 Total Deaths: 69

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Texas reported 19,502 new COVID cases and 214 COVID deaths.

The coronavirus vaccine rollout continues, with more vaccines arriving at hospitals and other locations across Texas. The Texas Medical Association’s COVID-19 task force says the goal is to get 1.4 million doses of the vaccine to the state by the end of the year. Those will be distributed first to …

A second COVID-19 vaccine could be approved this week. Moderna would likely follow the same timeline as Pfizer, with the vaccine approval coming after an FDA meeting Thursday, the vaccine could start arriving in hospitals next Monday. Hospitals have to plan not just to distribute Moderna’s vaccine, but the arrival …

There are no plans yet to distribute the COVID-19 vaccine to rural hospitals. John Henderson, president and CEO of the Texas Organization of Rural and Community Hospitals says the Pfizer vaccine comes bundled in doses of 975. Most rural hospitals don’t have that many employees. The Moderna vaccine could arrive …

Titus County Judge Brian Lee reports that there were 71 active cases of COVID-19 in the county, which is down from 100 last week. The county has a total of 42 deaths from the virus. Free testing continues at 203 west 20th Street Suite C, seven days a week from …

Twenty-two people are currently in the COVID Unit of Christus Mother Frances-Sulphur Springs. The latest Hopkins County profile from GoGetTested.com shows that during the current two-week period, there were 19 school-aged cases, up from nine last week. There are 209 new cases, an 11% increase from the following two-week period.

The Paris–Lamar County Health District on Tuesday reported 60 new COVID-19 cases. There have been 3,324 confirmed cases since testing began in March. Lamar County COVID-19 Update for 12/15/20: 60 – New Cases Total Cases – 3,324 Total PCR – 1,700 Total Antigen – 1,576 Total Antibody – 48 Total …