COVID-19

Lamar County Health officials received notice Friday of another death from Coronavirus. The latest patient to die was a 76-year-old woman. The cumulative total at the last report of the virus’s positive cases was 1,430, with 1,172 recoveries, and there are currently 179 active cases of COVID-19 in Lamar County. …

The Department of State Health Services reports another death in Hopkins County from COVID-19, the 19th said so far this year and the third in October. There are 89 active cases and seven patients in the COVID Unit of Christus Mother Frances Hospital Sulphur Springs. There is a total of …

The Special Health Resources Intune Unit will offer free drive-up COVID-19 testing at the Lamar County Fairgrounds from 10:00 am until 2:00 pm on Friday, October 16. No appointment is needed, and you receive results in 45 minutes. For more information, email tross@shrt.net.

There have been 106 new COVID-19 cases since Monday.

  Four staff members at Barbary Bush Primary School and a staff member at Douglas ECLC in Sulphur Springs have tested positive for COVID 19. Students and staff that were in close contact  with the patients will remain off campus for up to 14 days.

It’s been six months since the federal government shot out the first round of Coronavirus stimulus checks, and many people are eager for another. President Donald Trump said on Twitter this week that he is ready to sign a stand-alone bill for a second round, and urged Congress to get …

Texas is establishing how it will distribute any COVID-19 vaccine whenever they may be ready. The State Health Department is asking all Texas health care providers to sign up at the Texas Department of State Health Service’s website so they’ll be eligible to receive the vaccine, which will funnel to …

Six students and two staff members at Sulphur Springs high school have lab-confirmed COVID-19. All were present at high school during the last week. Students in close contact with the latest patients will remain off-campus for up to 14 days. There is no word about the total of quarantines at …

3 – new positive cases 0 – new recoveries 399 – cumulative cases 314 – recoveries 85 – active 9 – patients in the COVID Unit 14 – fatalities per DSHS dashboard Positive antigen tests from testing facilities within Hopkins County from September 25, 2020, to October 2, 2020, at …