Hopkins County Emergency Management held a ZOOM conference Wednesday afternoon for an update on the COVID-19 situation in Hopkins County. The meeting focused on Christus Mother Frances-Sulphur Springs Hospital, emergency room, clinics, and physician’s offices, which are all open and safe. The hospital has 96 licensed beds and has 77 beds available at any time for medical-surgical, ICU, or COVID-19 patients. Its also fully equipped with ventilators in case of a surge in patients. CHRISTUS is working on getting more test kits and cartridges to conduct more tests. Testing should soon be moving to blood testing