COVID-19

Texas public schools will be held harmless for the rest of the 2020-2021-school year, bringing some additional relief to what has been a stressful year. Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath announced a conference call with superintendents late last week. The decision means schools will not lose funding based on decreased …

Texas reported 4,000 new Covid-19 cases and 124 Covid deaths on Monday.

The number of coronavirus cases and deaths due to the illness caused by the virus is rising in Texas. Data from Johns Hopkins University on Saturday shows the seven-day rolling average of new cases in the state during the past two weeks has increased from 5,040.8 per day to 7,022.7 …

Small-business owners and managers across Texas face another 2021 headache: deal with losing business from customers who don’t want to wear face masks during the pandemic or patrons who will only frequent places that require them. The dilemma was abruptly thrust upon them after Gov. Greg Abbott announced that the …

Workers in the service industry across Texas plan to rally at the capitol on Monday to protest the mask mandate the Governor lifted, saying their lives are being put at risk to work without vaccinations. The Texas Service Industry Coalition is a group aimed at uniting restaurant workers across the …

The Texas DSHS Coronavirus Dashboard shows there are currently 258 active cases of COVID in Lamar County. There have been 146 fatalities related to the virus. The Paris-Lamar County health district reports eight new confirmed or probable cases.

The Paris-Lamar Health District reports 1 new death from COVID 19.  The latest patient to die was an 80-year-old woman. There are 8 new confirmed and probable cases of COVID in the county.  The TDSHS reports there are now currently 239 active cases and a total of 146 fatalities from …

  Hopkins County Emergency Management reports that only 7 patients are currently in the Covid Unit of Christus Mother Frances Hospital Sulphur Springs. There are 173 active cases of Coronavirus and there have been 103 deaths from the virus.

THE PARIS LAMAR COUNTY HEALTH DEPT IS A VACCINE HUB Join The Waiting List for the FIRST DOSE COVID-19 Vaccination You may also call the Vaccine Hotline at 903-737-4167 for assistance from 9a-12p on Wednesdays and Thursdays Only. Scheduling calls will begin every Monday. Signing up online and the call …

  The Paris-Lamar County Health District reported 12 more cases of Covid Monday but no new deaths from the virus. The Department of State Health Services, meanwhile  reports 246 active cases of Coronavirus. There have been 146 deaths and there have been 5236 recoveries from the virus.