Dec. 8 COVID-19 Update: 5 New Cases, 84 Active Cases
Five additional Hopkins County residents had received positive molecular COVID-19 test results on Tuesday, according to Texas Department of State Health Services COVID-19 Case Counts dashboard, and Hopkins County/Sulphur Springs Emergency Management officials also provided daily free molecular testing and hospital case counts in the Dec. 8 COVID-19 update. Dec. 8 COVID-19 Case Counts Although the week is young yet, there have only...
Dec. 5 COVID-19 Update: 20 New Cases, 2 Recoveries
While Texas Department of State Health Services’ Dec. 5 COVID-19 update showed two additional COVID-19 recoveries and no additional COVID-19 fatalities on Saturday, four times as many Hopkins County residents received positive COVID-19 results on Saturday than the 5 new cases reported on Friday, which resulted in a higher active case count as well. On Saturday, the DSHS COVID-19 Case Counts dashboard showed 913 Hopkins County...
Dec. 4 COVID-19 Update: 2 Fatalities, 5 New Cases, 2 Recoveries
Texas Department of State Health Services Dec. 4 COVID-19 dashboard showed a huge change in the number of new cases reported on Thursday than the 44 reported for Hopkins County Dec. 3 as well as two recoveries. DSHS also announced the 56th COVID-19 fatality, while Hopkins County/Sulphur Springs Emergency Management’s Dec. 4 COVID-19 update showed a rise in patients counts Friday in the COVID-19 Unit at CHRISTUS Mother Frances...
Dec. 3 COVID-19 Update: 44 New Cases, 63 Active Cases
Texas Department of State Health Services’ Dec. 3 COVID-19 update provided both good and bad news for Hopkins County. While the number of new COVID-19 cases was four times higher on Thursday than on Wednesday, the patient count in the hospital COVID unit declined for the third consecutive day. No new COVID-19 deaths were reported for Hopkins County, but there also were no new recoveries on Thursday either. There were also fewer...
Dec. 2 COVID-19 Update: 1 Fatality, 11 New Cases, 80 Recoveries, 19 Active Cases
Hopkins County/Sulphur Springs Emergency Management officials, in the Dec. 2 COVID-19 update, reported a decrease in the patient count in the hospital COVID Unit and reported another nearly 4,650 people have been tested at the free testing site since it opened. Texas Department of State Health Services’ COVID-19 dashboard and Fatalities Over Time By County reports on Dec. 2 showed a 54th COVID-19 death for Hopkins County and...
COVID-19 Vaccine Will Soon Be Approved For U.S.
The United Kingdom announced on December 2nd that they will be the first country to approve the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine for emergency use in the fight against the pandemic. This approval was made by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency of the U.K. which is their version of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Pfizer will meet with the U.S. FDA on December 10th in an effort to gain approval for their vaccine...
Dec. 1 COVID-19 Update: 1 Fatality, 1 New Case, 90 Active Cases
Texas Department of State Health Services COVID-19 Case Counts dashboard showed 1 additional fatality and 1 new lab-confirmed positive COVID-19 case for Hopkins County, leaving 90 active coronavirus cases on Dec. 1. Hopkins County/Sulphur Springs Emergency Management officials in the Dec. 1 COVID-19 update reported the number COVID-19 tests conducted and patient count in the COVID unit at the hospital Tuesday. Local COVID-19 Case...
Nov. 30 COVID-19 Update: 90 Active Cases, 25 in COVID Unit at CMFH-SS
Hopkins County/Sulphur Springs Emergency Management officials in the Nov. 30 COVID-19 update reported 90 active COVID-19 cases in Hopkins County and 25 patients in the COVID Unit at CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital-Sulphur Springs. Texas Department of State Health Services also on Monday, Nov. 30 reported the COVID-19 percentage of hospital patients in Trauma Service Area F remained above 15 percent for the third consecutive day in a...
Nov. 25 COVID-19 Update: 1 Fatality, 7 New Cases, 64 Active Cases
Texas Department of State Health Services announced one additional COVID-19 fatality and seven new case in the Wednesday, Nov. 25, COVID-19 update. COVID-19 Case Counts That’s 24 new cases over the last week and 112 new cases so far this month. The DSHS COVID-19 dashboard also for the third consecutive day showed no new recoveries for Hopkins County, so the monthly total remains 82 and the cumulative total 691. That increases...
Nov. 23 COVID-19 Update: 22 In Hospital COVID Unit, Changes In Case Reporting
Hopkins County/Sulphur Springs Emergency Management officials in the Nov. 23 COVID-19 update reported a whopping 22 patients in the COVID unit at the hospital and a change in state COVID-19 case reporting. Texas Department of State Health Services, as of Sunday, Nov. 22, will no long be providing daily updates to county officials, HC/SSEM reported in the Nov. 23 COVID-19 update. No new positive cases nor new recoveries were noted by...
