COVID-19

Clyde Cosper Veterans Home, Bonham, Texas State records show five deaths at the Clyde W. Cosper Texas State Veterans Home in Bonham since October. That number comes after 49 total residents of the facility tested positive for the virus. In the last report, there are 22 residents with COVID-19 currently …

Hospitalizations in Texas from COVID-19 are now up 50% since Oct. 1. The state today reported 4,782 lab-confirmed COVID hospitalizations. Hospitalizations have been climbing almost every single day for the last month. We were down to 3,081 at one point in Sept. The state still reports having 12,019 available hospital …

According to state health officials, the second coronavirus wave in Texas continued with more active cases than at any time since the summertime peak. As of Wednesday evening, an estimated 84,538 were active. That was the most since Sept. 1. Of those, 4,782 cases required hospitalization, the most since Aug. …

In Texas, there were 4,588 patients hospitalized for lab-confirmed COVID-19. There are 62,493 total staffed hospital beds, 12,779 beds available, and 1,069 ICU beds available. There are 7,638 ventilators available.

According to a Houston Chronicle analysis of state data, Texas’s seven-day rolling average for new cases on Tuesday jumped for a seventh straight day to 5,369.7. The average has climbed since hitting 4,088.7 on Oct. 13. Tuesday, the statewide case total went from 860,229 to 865,898, an increase of 5,669 …

Titus County reported 42 new cases in one week through this past Monday. The county received 36 of these Tuesday, and 28 were from mobile testing. Judge Brian Lee thinks they are not receiving the mobile tests daily, and they are coming in bulk, perhaps weekly. Titus Regional Medical Center …

Texas Department of Health Services reports that two of the deaths reported in Hopkins County on October 6 occurred at Carriage House Manor Nursing Home in Sulphur Springs. That brought the total of fatalities in the county to 23. Meanwhile, there were no new positive cases or recoveries of COVID-19 …

Sulphur Springs ISD reported Monday that three staff members who tested positive for COVID-19 were present on the Barbara Bush campus during the last week. The district will notify all students and staff that came into close contact as soon as possible. Those that were in close contact will remain …