DSHS Announces 126th Hopkins County COVID Death
Sep06

DSHS Announces 126th Hopkins County COVID Death

186 New Cases, 118 Recoveries, 292 Active Cases Of Coronavirus Reported So Far In September Texas Department of State Health Services had announced the 126th Hopkins County COVID death Monday. A total of 186 new cases, 118 additional recoveries and one coronavirus death have been reported for Hopkins County during the first 6 days of September 2021, leaving 392 Hopkins County residents who still actively had the virus at noon on Labor...

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Jan. 11 COVID-19 Update: 15 New Cases, 4 Recoveries, 236 Active Cases
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Jan. 11 COVID-19 Update: 15 New Cases, 4 Recoveries, 236 Active Cases

Although the patient count in the local hospital COVID unit decreased at least 10 percent, the overall case counts increased in Hopkins County, and COVID-19 hospitalizations continued to rise in Trauma Service Area F and across the state as a whole, according to Texas Department of State Health Services and Hopkins County/Sulphur Springs Emergency Management Jan. 10 COVID-19 reports. Case Counts The DSHS Jan. 11 COVID-19 Texas Case...

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Dec. 11 COVID-19 Update: 1 Fatality, 7 New Molecular Cases, 37 Recoveries
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Dec. 11 COVID-19 Update: 1 Fatality, 7 New Molecular Cases, 37 Recoveries

Texas Department of State Health Services reported several increases in COVID-19 counts on Dec. 11, including one COVID-19 fatalities, seven new cases confirmed by molecular testing and daily “probable” cases since Monday’s weekly update. Overall, the combined antigen and molecular data doubled the total number of recoveries Hopkins County has reported. Hopkins County/Sulphur Springs Emergency Management’s Dec....

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Dec. 4 COVID-19 Update: 2 Fatalities, 5 New Cases, 2 Recoveries
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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...

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Hopkins County Oct. 22 COVID-19 Update: 3 Fatalities, 2 New Cases, 2 Recoveries
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Hopkins County Oct. 22 COVID-19 Update: 3 Fatalities, 2 New Cases, 2 Recoveries

While Hopkins County/Sulphur Springs Emergency Management officials reported only 2 new cases and 2 recoveries in their Oct. 22 COVID-19 update, Texas Department of State Health Services reported 3 additional COVID-19 fatalities. HC/SSEM COVID-19 Reports Two Hopkins County residents were reported Oct. 22 to have received positive COVID-19 results, HC/SSEM officials reported in the Oct. 22 COVID-19 update. That increases the new case...

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15 New COVID-19 Cases July 16, 41 Active Cases, 107 Total Cases In Hopkins County
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15 New COVID-19 Cases July 16, 41 Active Cases, 107 Total Cases In Hopkins County

At 5 p.m. Thursday, July 16, Hopkins County Emergency Management Team  reported that 15 new positive COVID-19 case have been returned for Hopkins County. That pushes the total number of cases reported in Hopkins County since March to 107. Of those, 66 have recovered, leaving 41 cases still active. All except 1 of the 15 new cases were from mobile or walk up testing conducted recently in Sulphur Springs and surrounding counties. One...

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Hopkins County Update:   3 New Positive COVID-19 Cases Reported On July 14
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Hopkins County Update: 3 New Positive COVID-19 Cases Reported On July 14

The Hopkins County Emergency Management Team at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, July 14, reported that 3 new positive COVID-19 cases have been announced for Hopkins County. Local officials are requesting verification of addresses for two of the three new patients as they were listed only as Post Office boxes in Hopkins County. July 14 is the 6th consecutive day in which new COVID-19 patients have been reported for Hopkins County, and at least the...

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July 6, 2020 Update:  Masks Now Mandatory as 1 New COVID-19 Case Confirmed
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July 6, 2020 Update: Masks Now Mandatory as 1 New COVID-19 Case Confirmed

The Hopkins County Emergency Management Team at 3:30 p.m. Monday, July 6th, reported they’d been notified of 1 more new positive COVID-19 case reported in the last 24 hours. This puts the county over the 20 case threshold meaning the mask mandate from the governor WILL be in effect in Hopkins County. The total number of cases reporting positive since the pandemic began is now 71, with 50 recoveries leaving the 21 active cases....

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Hopkins County COVID-19 Cases Headed In Positive Direction
Jun19

Hopkins County COVID-19 Cases Headed In Positive Direction

Three additional positive cases and five recoveries were reported at 3pm on Friday afternoon (June 19th). This continues a trend this week of more recovered cases than new positive cases. On Tuesday, June 16th, two new positive cases and seven recoveries were reported. Although this news is hopeful, care should be taken, and social distancing guidelines should be followed. KSST News interviewed one local resident who could attest to...

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1 New Positive Case In Hopkins County, 1 Recovered From COVID-19
May19

1 New Positive Case In Hopkins County, 1 Recovered From COVID-19

Hopkins County Judge Robert Newsom this afternoon reported one new positive case of COVID-19 in Hopkins County, for a total of nine positive cases since the Hopkins County Emergency Management Team began tracking coronavirus in Hopkins County in March. The individual whose test result was reported to be positive May 19 is in isolation. No additional information about the case was released by officials. The new positive test result was...

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