Oct. 9 SSHS Varsity Football Game Canceled
Sulphur Springs ISD released the following statement at 6 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 8, regarding the Oct. 9 SSHS varsity football game being canceled: It is with tremendous regret to inform you that our varsity SSHS football game scheduled for tomorrow, October 9, 2020, has been canceled. Our decision, a close collaboration with our Local Health Authority as well as officials with the Texas Department of State Health Services, was made to...
DSHS Reports 15th COVID-19 Fatality For Hopkins County
Texas Department of State Health Services on Wednesday reported another Hopkins County resident has died from COVID-19, marking the 15th COVID-19 fatality for Hopkins County since March 15th, 2020. According to the DSHS data, the Hopkins County residents died Sept. 26. That’s 7 Hopkins County COVID-19 deaths reported for September: 2 on Sept. 22 and one each on Sept. 24, Sept. 25, Sept. 26 and Sept. 28 and Sept. 30. September...
12 New COVID-19 Cases Reported for Sulphur Springs ISD
Twelve new COVID-1 cases were reported for Sulphur Springs ISD on Oct. 7. Six more students and 6 staff members have tested positive for COVID-19, according to SSISD Superintendent Josh Williams. On Oct. 7, four staff members at Barbara Bush Primary, 1 staff member at Douglas Early Child Learning Center and 1 staff member at Sulphur Springs High School were reported to have tested positive for COVID-19. Six additional students at SSHS...
Oct. 6 Hopkins County COVID-19 Update: 1 Additional Fatality, 8 New Cases, 82 Active Cases
Texas Department of State Health Services on Oct. 6 reported 1 additional COVID-19 fatality for Hopkins County. The active COVID-19 case count in Hopkins County was back up to 82 on Tuesday afternoon, Hopkins County/Sulphur Springs Emergency Management officials reported. On the other hand, two fewer patients were reported to be in the COVID-19 unit at CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital, according to the the Oct. 6 Hopkins County...
3-D Mammography Now Available at CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital in Sulphur Springs
Business News — Oct. 6, 2020 By Holly Ragan, Senior Market Development, CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital-Sulphur Springs, [email protected] Sulphur Springs, Texas, Oct. 6, 2020 – CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital – Sulphur Springs has ONE mission: To Extend the Health Ministry of Jesus Christ. Hospital Visitation For the safety and health of the community and our ministry, CHRISTUS Health is screening all associates and...
Oct. 5 Hopkins County COVID-19 Update: 7 New Cases, 17 Recoveries
While the number of COVID-19 cases increased over the weekend, so did the number of recoveries, according to the Oct. Hopkins County COVID-19 update from Hopkins County/Sulphur Springs Emergency Management officials. While no new COVID-19 deaths were announced Oct. 5, one of the 13 deaths previously reported was identified as a nursing home resident, according to Texas Health and Human Services’ Oct. 5 nursing home report....
11 Additional COVID-19 Cases Reported For Sulphur Springs ISD
Eleven additional COVID-19 cases were reported for Sulphur Springs ISD from Sept. 30-Oct. 5, according to notification sent by administrators to families, students, teachers and staff. That increases the overall counts released by SSISD to at least 14 employees and 16 students who have been on campus and tested positive for COVID-19 since school began on Sept. 1. SSISD logo The district on Sept. 30 reported three high school students...
2 New, 13 Total COVID-19 Deaths For Hopkins County
Texas Department of State Health Services reports show 2 more Hopkins County residents have died from COVID-19. Combined with the deaths reported on Oct. 1, that’s 5 Hopkins County coronavirus fatalities reported this week and 13 total COVID-19 deaths for Hopkins County since July when the state began using death certificate data submitted to the office of Vital Statistic to determine COVID-19 fatalities. All 5 Hopkins County...
Oct. 2 COVID-19 Update: 3 New Cases, 6 Recoveries, 35 Positive Antigen Tests
Hopkins County/Sulphur Springs Emergency Management officials in the Oct. 2 COVID-19 update reported 3 new COVID-19 cases and 6 new recoveries among Hopkins County residents, just before 3 p.m. Friday, Oct. 2 That’s 14 fewer new cases on Friday than were reported on Thursday, Oct. 1. With twice as many new recoveries reported as new cases, the active case count dropped from 87 to 84 on Friday. That means 297 of the 381 Hopkins...
2 Weeks Worth Of COVID-19 Data For Texas School Districts Released By State
Texas Department of State Health Services Wednesday released 2 weeks worth of COVID-19 data for Texas school districts, including those in Hopkins County. The data about public schools was originally slated to be released on Sept. 23, but, due to “issues resulting from the integration of the school COVID case report data set with the school enrollment data set,” individual district data was not available until Sept. 30....
