COVID-19

Lamar County received notification of an additional ten COVID-19 cases. They will release the age and gender of positives on Saturday’s report. The county now has 465 cases.

Friday, Jul 17 – 7:00 pm Where Confirmed Deceased Recovered Active Worldwide 14,168,735 598,274 8,210,408 5,192,356 The U.S. 3,762,881 141,923 1,710,222 1,910,736 Texas 321.238 3,880 162,191 141,646 Saturday, Jun 20 – 12:00 pm Where Confirmed Deceased Recovered Active Worldwide 8,832,385 464,227 4,457,584 3,744,962 The U.S. 2,312,305 121,619 957,204 1,233,482 Texas …

Titus County added another 41 cases of COVID-19 with 25 from the Tuesday testing at the Civic Center for 1,071. Judge Brian Lee says it is not all of the walk-up results, just what they have. He is also pleased with the quick turnaround and expects a phone call, text, …

  Hopkins County Emergency Management reported seven new cases of COVID-19 Friday afternoon. There are now 114 current positive test results, and 66 patients recovered for 48 active. Two people are in hospital with 1,573 people meeting the testing criteria, and 1,362 confirmed negative. Hopkins County Hospital District / HCEMS             …

Governor Abbott remains convinced that his current statewide mask order is enough to stop the coronavirus’s current surge. At a Capitol press conference Thursday, Abbott said the CDC director confirmed that if everyone adopts the face mask requirement, Texas will be able to control COVID-19. Abbott added that slow turnaround …

Another 105,590 Texans have filed for unemployment. Since the second week in March, the state says that Texans filed almost three million claims for unemployment, and the state paid out $19 billion. The Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation, which is the extra $600 weekly federal unemployment benefit provided for by the …

Texas reported a single-day high of 129 new coronavirus deaths on Thursday. The state also reported 10,291 new cases. It was the second day in a row that Texas recorded a new single-day high for deaths. The state’s seven-day positivity rate for testing is at 16.81%. The report has 10,457 …

Thursday, Jul 16  – 7:00 pm Where Confirmed Deceased Recovered Active Worldwide 13,923,306 591,730 8,059,032 5,104,315 The U.S. 3,682,724 140,983 1,672,625 1,869,116 Texas 306,064 3,726 155,937 153,062 Saturday, Jun 20 – 12:00 pm Where Confirmed Deceased Recovered Active Worldwide 8,832,385 464,227 4,457,584 3,744,962 The U.S. 2,312,305 121,619 957,204 1,233,482 Texas …

Titus County’s COVID-19 count is now 1,030 as of Wednesday with 717 recoveries. Reportedly the lab is getting the tests last Tuesday are returning faster, and some are saying they received a negative result. There should be a 30-hour turnaround. UNDERSTANDING TERMS USED TO REPORT COVID-19 CASES Confirmed Cases “Confirmed …

On Thursday, Lamar County received notification of an additional nine COVID-19 cases. They are an 11-year-old female, a 19-year-old male, a 21-year-old female, a 30-year-old male, a 37-year-old male, a 47-year-old female, a 55-year-old female, a 61-year-old female, and a 62-year-old female. Lamar County has 455 confirmed COVID-19 cases with …