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One of the most critical new case days since the flare-up of the summer, Texas reported 13,182 new COVID cases with 193 recent deaths.

Tuesday also ended the run for the last COVID-free county in Texas as Loving County reported three positive tests.

According to a Houston Chronicle analysis of state data, Texas COVID-19 hospitalizations on Monday continued to climb to 7,468, increasing more than 1,300 over the last week. Monday’s hospitalization total is up from Friday’s report of 7,083. More than 1,000 of the current patients are in El Paso alone. The …

Today, Governor Greg Abbott announced that the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) is allocating an initial shipment of bamlanivimab, the Eli Lilly & Company monoclonal antibody therapy, to be distributed as early as next week to acute care hospitals across every geographic region of the state. These weekly …

Texas reported 7,524 new COVID-19 cases on Sunday. The state’s rolling day positive average is 12.7%. The CDC recommends a state’s positivity rate be at 5% or below.      

The 19-year-old killed last week in a crash between his pickup and an 18-wheeler in Harrison County was the brother of a 17-year-old Marshall football player who died in a wreck last year. The driver killed last week was identified as Payton Craig Blalock. Hayden Blalock died the previous year …

Texas reported 9,676 new Covid cases Thursday and 161 deaths. The new case count was the highest in the nation. Some hospitals in hotspot areas are at or near capacity.

More than 25,500 inmates and nearly 5,900 employees have had COVID in Texas prisons. They have linked at least 212 inmates and 21 employees deaths to the virus. A report from UT-Austin shows prisoners in Texas are testing positive at a rate 40 percent higher than the national prison population. …

Texas health officials say new cases of the coronavirus that causes COVID-19 have hit a new peak. The state recorded 1,010,364 COVIDs, with 19,337 deaths since the pandemic began in early March. An estimated 132,146 cases are active, the most since Aug. 17, and there are 6,170 COVID-19s hospitalized, the …

With Coronavirus raging in El Paso County, there is a fight over the right for businesses to stay open, and the Supreme Court of Texas is declining to get involved, at least for now. At issue is the executive order issued by El Paso County Judge Ricardo Samaniego that goes …