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 9th day this month that new cases have been reported. New case counts reported earlier this month by HCEMT included: 1 each on July 6 and July 11; 2 each on July 7, July 13 and July 12; 4 on July 9; 6 on July 10; and 7 new cases on July 2. Overall, that’s 28 new cases report so far this month for Hopkins County.
That brings the total of positive COVID-19 cases reported since March for Hopkins County to 91. So far, 65 Hopkins County patients have recovered from COVID-19. That leaves 26 active cases of COVID-19 for Hopkins County.
One Hopkins County resident is in the COVID-19 unit at CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital – Sulphur Springs on July 14. One patient who was in CMFH-SS COVID-19 Unit Monday was discharged today, Sulphur Springs Emergency Management Coordinator/Police Chief Jason Ricketson reported.
Trustees Approve 20 Personnel Changes For SSISD
Sulphur Springs ISD Board of Trustees approved recommendations for 20 personnel changes following an executive session at the regular July 13 board meeting. That’s 7 resignations, 4 in-district changes of jobs or campuses, 8 new hires and one retirement which will impact 6 school campuses, plus the administration building and maintenance department. The 20 personnel changes for SSISD include:
The Edge Benefits Wildcats Tennis
In summers past, Wildcats Tennis Coach Tony Martinez, in his 7th year in Sulphur Springs, would busy himself by conducting tennis camps, most of them at the University of Texas in Austin. His Wildcats would have the summer off but he would occasionally let some of them know about various tournaments they could compete in. The Edge has predominately been a conditioning program for football players. However some athletes, both boys and girls with other teams, would attend to get in better shape. With the UIL allowing more time per week for coaches to teach their players specific sports skills, more and more coaches are utilizing The Edge for their teams. With the need to spread out due to coronavirus concerns, football has taken over the Multipurpose Building this summer but other sports are using the high school gym, middle school gyms, Prim Stadium and the Wildcat Tennis Center. As The Edge nears its end for tennis on July 31, Coach Martinez says he’s been very happy with The Edge. He says working with middle school and high school players during June and July, he’s seen the players getting better and better by leaps and bounds. Coach Martinez says after the kids were required to stay at home for several months due to the pandemic, they were very eager to hit the courts in June. He says he gave the kids last week off due to increasing virus cases in Texas but he says at the end of last week he started getting a lot of calls asking when they could resume. The Edge for tennis cranked back up Monday night. The Wildcats are pointing toward the beginning of the team tennis season, scheduled to start on Monday, August 3. The Wildcats are a young bunch with only one senior, veteran and captain Harleigh Stegient. Coach Martinez will have to rebuild his boys team that had heavy losses to graduation. Possible returners include Carlos Lopez, Tate Smith, Waylon Matlock and Alex Romero. The girls side is loaded with experienced players who started as freshman the past two years. Among possible returnees are Jeauxleigh Cantu, Paige Miesee, Savannah Lilley, Emily Dick, Trynity Luckett, Ella Ray, Mykylee Meador and Kaylee Schumacher.
KSST is proud to be the official Wildcat and Lady Cat Station. We broadcast Sulphur Springs ISD games year round live on radio. When allowed, we also broadcast games via our YouTube channel.
SSISD Board Approves New Lady Cats Basketball Assistant Coach
At a regular meeting of the Sulphur Springs School Board Monday night (July 13), the board approved the hiring of Timothy Aguillon as a math teacher and coach at the high school. Coach Aguillon will replace former Lady Cats Basketball Assistant Coach Katelyn Webster who resigned to take another coaching opportunity. The Lady Cats Basketball staff now includes third year Head Coach Brittney Tisdell with Assistant Coach Bryan Jones and now Assistant Coach Timothy Aguillon.
KSST is proud to be the official Wildcat and Lady Cat Station. We broadcast Sulphur Springs ISD games year round live on radio. When allowed, we also broadcast games via our YouTube channel.
Administrators Outline The 2 Back To School Learning Options For SSISD Students In 2020-21 School Year
Parents Need To Complete Online Registration Soon, Will Be Asked To Select Full Time On-Campus Or Virtual Academy Schooling
One of the big questions for educators and families has been what to expect for the 2020-2021 school year, which is still scheduled to begin on Aug. 18 for Sulphur Springs Independent School District students, with staff returning for professional development days on Aug. 6. SSISD Director of Curriculum Lisa Robinson and Superintendent Michael Lamb Monday evening discussed the 2 learning options available for SSISD students, but noted portions of the plans depend on enrollment, COVID-19 and related state requirements.
Basics For Fall 2020
First, the SSISD administrators noted, parents need to complete the online Skyward registration process for their students as soon as possible. Any parents who has lost their login information, gotten locked out of or need assistance in completing the Skyward registration can call Mikki Daniel at 903-885-2153, ext. 1151, starting next week.
Then, starting July 23, parents will receive educational commitment forms. They will be asked to commit to either the full time on-campus program or the SSISD virtual academy. The selection will need to be made no later than 8 a.m. Aug. 4. This information will be used to prepare schedules, finalize staffing decisions and make teacher assignments.
All options are offered based on current state and federal guidelines and is subject to change. Districts too are asked to budget in up to 30 make up days in the event schools are required to temporarily close again as they did in the spring due to spread of COVID-19, other illnesses, whether or other unforeseeable events. If these types of closures occur, they will be made up on currently scheduled professional development days and/or in June if necessary.
Information about both kinds of learning programs, as well as a FAQ for are available on the SSISD website, ssisd.net, by clicking on the 2020-21 Back to School link on the main page.
Each family is asked to consider the full scope of both options and make the best choice for their students. However, be aware, if the state shuts down schools again, the district is working on a plan for all students to receive virtual instruction; there will be no strictly paper instruction as there was with distance learning in the spring.
Currently, school is moving forward as if athletics and other UIL activities will be held. Summer strength and conditioning sessions and band practices are under way according to the latest guidelines released by UIL on July 8. UIL has yet to rule regarding fall activities, Lamb noted.
Lamb said based on the online surveys that have been voluntarily completed by families so far regarding preferences for the upcoming school year indicate about 20 percent of families want Virtual Academy for their students. If that turns out to be the case, that would providing additional room for distancing between desks and tables in regular classrooms for on-campus learning.
That’s why parents completing the learning program commitment form between July 23 and 8 a.m. Aug. 4 is important. It will allow the district to plan for space, staffing and instructional needs for all campuses and learning options.
Full Time On-Campus Learning
The second of the back to school learning options for SSISD is a Virtual Academy. This will be much like classes in the past, with additional safety measures observed. Students will generally follow the same schedule they would have normally followed.
This will be much like classes in the past, with additional safety measures observed. Students will generally follow the same schedule they would have normally followed.
SSISD will follow the governor’s executive order requiring face masks or coverings when it is not feasible to maintain 6 feet of social distancing from others. Currently, masks must be worn by secondary students and any student age 10 and older. Outside of an executive order from the governor or a requirement from the Texas Education Agency, SSISD will not require face masks.
The district has masks that will be available, even if that order is loosened or rescinded. Students and staff will be permitted to wear face masks if they choose, even if not required.
Hand sanitizer will be readily available and thorough hand washing will be practiced.
Lamb also noted that while state school guidelines initially indicated class sizes might have to be reduce to 10 or less with students not going to lunch.
The current plan includes a regular instructional schedule with face-to face learning during regular school hours, Monday through Friday. Elementary students will participate in specials such as music, PE, and recess as normal. Secondary students in grades 6-12 will follow their class schedules as normal and transition to different classrooms for instruction.
Desks or tables will be socially distanced as much as instructionally possible. Class sizes will adhere to state guidelines and will be determined by the number of students who choose to participate in on-campus learning.
Due to updated medical advisement to Texas Education Agency, SSISD will not be required to check students’ temperatures upon arrival at school. Parents are asked to screen their students for symptoms of illness, particularly COVID-19 and staff members will self screen. Teachers will monitor students and refer them to the nurse if symptoms are present.
Per public health guidance from the Texas Education Agency, in the case of an individual who is diagnosed with COVID-19, the individual may return to school when all three of the following criteria are met:
- At least three days have passed since recovery (resolution of fever without medication);
- The individual has improvement in symptoms;
- At least 10 days have passed since symptoms first appeared.
SSISD Schools will identify, clear, and thoroughly clean any areas used by an individual who is discovered to be COVID-19 positive. The district has special spray machines to help with cleaning and sanitizing procedures.
Students or staff who test positive for COVID-19 will be sent home to recover. When notification of a possible exposure occurs, in coordination with local health authorities, SSISD will conduct contact tracing. Based on the results, a determination will be made as to which students meet the criteria for “close contact exposure” and must be quarantined. If students are required to temporarily quarantine, services will be provided through the Virtual Learning Academy.
Students who experience short term absences from school may participate in virtual instruction for the duration of their absence.
Complete and detailed health and safety plans for SSISD will be communicated publicly at least 1 week prior to the start of on-campus instruction.
The district will have transportation services for students attending full time in-person classes on campus, but for social distancing purposes, parents/guardians who can are encouraged to bring their children to and pick them up from school.
Virtual Academy
The virtual academy offered for SSISD students for 2020-21 school year will be very different from the distance learning program students participated in this spring. The distance learning program was a temporary plan devised due to the unanticipated closure of in-person classes due to COVID-19. Virtual Academy will be a year-long school program that follows the rigorous and comprehensive state curriculum.
Families will need to establish a set schedule and productive learning environment. Students will be required to attend Monday-Friday and must engage in specified instructional activities and show adequate daily progress to be counted “present” for the day, Robinson noted.
Students will require access to the Internet during the regular school week, as instruction will be primarily recorded video instruction and independent learning activities, with some live video conferencing with teachers in large and small group and individual settings as needed, according to a regular schedule through the week.
Pre-kindergarten through fifth grade students will access their courses using SeeSaw while grads 6-12 will access courses through Microsoft Teams. Resources and support will be offered to families.
While Virtual Academy students will follow the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills curriculum and follow the sequencing and pacing of in-person instruction, instruction will not be the same as tradition on -campus instruction. It will better fit virtual students’ more independent learning. Accommodations and support services will be provided virtually when possible, but some specialized services may only be available on-campus.
Courses will be graded using the same grading policies as on-campus. High school credits earned virtually will be counted in the student’s GPA calculation and class rank outlined in the SSISD grading policy. Students will also still need 90 percent attendance for credit.
Students will be provided with a list of courses available through the Virtual Academy.
Core courses will be offered, as will dual credit and AP courses. Students who are planning to take a dual credit course must enroll through Paris Junior College; they should contact their SSHS counselor for questions.
Some electives, specifically some high school courses, may not be available due to the hands-on nature of the course work. Arrangements can be made for Virtual Academy students to come to campus for specific course work that cannot be completed at home, but transportation will not be provided for these exceptions.
Virtual Academy students will be allowed to participate in athletics, band, other extracurricular and UIL activities that may be offered on campus, provided the students satisfy UIL requirements, are enrolled in the
applicable course, and able to attend on-campus practices and competitions. SSISD will not provide transportation to the campus for Virtual Academy students to participate in these activities.
Parents and students of Virtual Academy will also be able to contact a school counselor or nurse by phone or e-mail during school hours if needed.
Genealogical Society Lock-In Cancelled
The Genealogy Lock-In originally scheduled for Saturday, July 18th has been cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Fall Transplants by Mario Villarino
Developed by Dr. Mario A. Villarino, County Extension Agent for Agriculture and Natural Resources Hopkins County, Texas
If you haven’t already done so, this is the time to begin sowing seeds for fall transplants. According to Texas A&M Agrilife Extension by starting now, you can have pansies, calendulas, Johnny-jump-ups, flowering cabbage, lettuce and othe cool season transplants ready to plant in the garden in September or early October.
If starting your own transplants has been disastrous for you in the past, especially in spring, take heart because starting fall transplants is easier. Since the soil is not as cool as it is in spring, there is not much damping-off disease. Gardeners are able to start the transplants outside where they receive plenty of sunlight; however, don’t let transplants get too much sun. Morning sun and afternoon shade are a good combination. Although many different containers can be used to grow seeds, one of the most convenient is a styrofoam coffee cup. Simply poke three or four holes in the side at the bottom of the cup. Write the name of the variety on the side of the cup so it won’t get lost, as so often happens with labels. Another advantage of using coffee cups is that they’re white and reflect heat.
The next major concern is a potting soil mix. Many standard potting soils will work fairly well, but you can make your own. To one bushel each of vermiculite and peat moss (finely ground pine bark can be substituted for peat moss), add 10 tablespoons of 0-20-0 (superphosphate) and l/2 cup of garden fertilizer, such as 12-24-12. Mix the material thoroughly by putting the ingredients out on the drive, scooping into the bottom and throwing each shovelful on top, pyramid fashion. Another technique is to roll the mixture back and forth in an old tarp. The soil should be slightly watered down so it’s damp but not soggy. Most seeds should be barely covered with the soil mix, but some tiny seeds like lettuce need not be covered at all. Water them thoroughly, preferably by setting them in a pan of water and allowing the soil to soak from the bottom. Allow the containers to drain and then put them in a plastic bag out of sunlight. Within a few days the seedlings will begin to grow. As soon as this happens, take the containers out of the bags and put them in a well-ventilated area. As the seedlings begin to make growth, use any soluble houseplant fertilizer to keep them growing vigorously.If you’ve had problems with disease in the past, you might want to use a fungicide twice: once at planting and again at germination. Lightly dust the seeds prior to planting. A fungicide can also be used to drench young seedlings just as they come up.
Before you know it, you’ll have a pot full of tiny seedlings that can either be transplanted into individual containers, or if there aren’t too many in the pot, held until time to go into the garden. Perhaps the simplest technique is just to plant two or three seeds in each pot, thinning them to one plant after a few weeks.If you opt for transplanting, be sure that you handle the young seedling only by the leaves. If you grasp the stem and damage it to any extent, the young seedling will be stunted. Pots for transplants should be filled to within l/4 inch of the rim. A pencil can be used to put a hole in the center of the potting soil mixture. This is where a little moisture is critical; dry soil won’t allow the soil to stay open. Carefully lower the seedling roots into the hole and then use the pencil again in a lever-like action to firm the soil against the root system. Be sure to water the plants carefully, picking up any leaves that get knocked into the soil. Before you know it, you’ll be eating delicious, home-grown broccoli.
For more information on this or any other agricultural topics please contact the Hopkins County Extension Office by calling 903-885-3443 or email me at [email protected].
Don’t Delay Seeking Medical Care For Serious Conditions
By Holly Ragan, Senior Market Development, CMFH-SS, [email protected]
Sulphur Springs, Texas, July 14, 2020 – CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital – Sulphur Springs has ONE mission: To Extend the Health Ministry of Jesus Christ.
Don’t Delay …
At CHRISTUS Trinity Mother Frances Health System, we understand the impact of social distancing and importance of limiting your risk of exposure to COVID-19. However, the public should be confident in continuing to seek the care they need, especially in the case of an emergency.
Our Emergency Department in Sulphur Springs is here to safely provide care for life-threatening illness and injury. We urge you: please do not ignore symptoms of stroke, heart attack, issues with diabetes, COPD and other urgent health conditions. Also, please seek immediate care for the emergency warning symptoms of COVID-19 such as trouble breathing, persistent pain or pressure in chest, new confusion, or bluish lips or face.
We want to be perfectly clear – CHRISTUS Trinity Mother Frances remains a safe place for all to receive quality care. Go to the Emergency Department or call 9-1-1 if you are urgently ill.
While COVID-19 is new, our processes and procedures in place for infection prevention and preventing the spread of illness are not. To learn more about COVID-19, go to ChristusTMF.org or www.cdc.gov.
Hospital Visitation
For the safety and health of the community and our ministry, CHRISTUS Health is screening all associates and visitors to our hospitals to help lessen the risk of infectious disease transmission among our patients, associates, and guests.
1 Entrance to hospital through Emergency Department 24/7
1 Visitor per patient
Visitors must be between the ages of 16 years-old and 65-years old
All visitors are screened at the door, including a temperature taken
All associates are screened at each shift, including a temperature taken
Visiting hours are 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. (subject to change)
ALL hospital visitors are required to wear a mask. Visitors should bring their own mask; homemade cloth masks are acceptable.
3-D Mammography: Now Scheduling
We are excited to announce the soft opening of our Ruth & Jack Gillis Women’s Center at CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital – Sulphur Springs. Using our new Hologic Genius 3D Mammography with biopsy equipment purchased with funds raised by the Hopkins County Healthcare Foundation, we are now performing 3-D mammograms right here in Sulphur Springs.
There are plans to host a grand opening of the new addition very soon. For more information, call 903.439.4325.
Clinic Services
Urgent Care
CHRISTUS Trinity Clinic Urgent Care, located at 1339 South Broadway St. in Sulphur Springs, is now OPEN. The Urgent Care hours will be Monday through Friday, 9am to 5pm, and Saturday and Sunday, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. The phone number to reach Urgent Care is 903.951.1001.
Gastroenterology
Our highly trained team offers some of the latest treatment options for patients with a wide range of complex gastrointestinal disorders, including screening, diagnosis, and advanced treatments.
Have you scheduled your colon cancer screening? By the time people have symptoms of colon cancer, their chances of survival may be reduced; if detected early, this cancer is highly curable.
Our facility has all of the measures in place to provide a safe place to receive your screening procedures. Reach us today to schedule your appointment with Dr. Mena Milad, or Chimdi Mfebe, FNP by calling 903-885-1770.
Sports Physicals
CHRISTUS Trinity Clinic, in conjunction with CHRISTUS Sports Medicine program is providing sports physicals for all school athletes from any school district. The physicals are available at the CHRISTUS Trinity Clinic in Sulphur Springs Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. The cost is $25 and appointments may be made by calling 903.885.3181.
We want to reassure our patients that CHRISTUS Trinity Clinic and CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital continue to be a safe place to receive your care, and we encourage you to follow up with your regular healthcare needs. For any reason you cannot come into the clinic, or do not feel comfortable, virtual visits and telephone visits are available. Please contact your provider to discuss all of the many options for accessing care.
Commissioners Approve Infrastructure Grant, Solar Reinvestment Zone, Mental Health Transport Agreement
Hopkins County Commissioners Court approved resolutions Monday agreeing to give the county judge authority to sign off on documents granting a reinvestment zone for Pine Forest Solar LLC and to move forward with a grant that would provide some funding for county road improvements. Health insurance and a multi-agency mental health transports agreement were also approved by the commissioners court during the July 13, 2020 session.
TAC Health and Employee Benefit Pool Plan
County officials asked the court to consider a health and employee benefit pool plan through Texas Association of Counties for the 2020-21 fiscal year.
Hopkins County Auditor Shannah Aulsbrook reported the plan being recommended is the exact same plan county employees have had for the past year, except that the rate will be a little bit lower. Instead of paying $682.76, the county would pay $675.92 per employee a month.
Employees are responsible for paying for insurance for spouse and children’s fees, if they choose to enroll them in the insurance plan., and the rate on that has gone down as well, Aulsbrook reported.
“You’re passing the rates for the 2020-21 year. So it does affect the 2020-21 budget but we have to pass it right now because is starts in 2020,” Aulsbrook said.
The Commissioners unanimously approved the TAC Health and Employee Benefits Pool Plan to provide the same level of employee health insurance at a marginally reduced rate.
Reinvestment Zone
During the public hearing for a proposed reinvestment zone for Pine Forest Solar LLC, Sulphur Springs-Hopkins County Economic Development Corporation Executive Director Roger Feagley noted that the county was being asked to approve a reinvestment zone.
Feagley explained that hospitals and district can not do 381 agreements, so they have to do 312 agreements, which is a typical tax abatement.
“So what you are doing is establishing an area where the hospital district can in the future can do a tax abatement for Pine Forest Solar LLC,” Feagley told the commissioners. “All you’re doing is establishing a geographical boundary, nothing more than that.”
Como-Pickton Consolidated Independent School District, within which the reinvestment zone for the solar far is located, “has already done this” Precinct 2 Commissioner Greg Anglin noted.
The reinvestment zone is located on an approximately 1,853.66-acre tract or tracts of land in the Lucy Ann Collum, John Fizer, WalterMatthew, Francis R. Turner, David Waggoner and BJ McLerin surveys, Abstract Nos.164, 328, 630, 972, 1116 and 1016. The zone is on or near County Road 2310 and FM 269 Hopkins County, and leased/owned by Pine Forest Solar, LLC, of Dallas.
The Commissioners approved the resolution for the proposed Reinvestment Zone with Pine Forest Solar LLC, as a means to “promote local economic growth and development and to stimulate business in the County.” The resolution gives Hopkins County Judge Robert Newsom authority to sign documents related to the establishment of the reinvestment zone for Pine Forest Solar LLC, a $252 million project.
Mental Health Transports Agreement
Hopkins County Commissioners Court was asked to approve a memorandum of understanding between Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office, Hopkins County Commissioners Court, Hopkins County Attorney, Sulphur Springs Police Department, Hopkins County Emergency Medical Services and Lakes Regional Community Center regarding transportation in cases of apprehension by a peace officer without a warrant (APOWW) or a warrantless emergency detention.
Hopkins County Sheriff Lewis Tatum said the issues with the growing need for mental health transports date back at least to to Butch Adams terms as sheriff
“We just do not have the manpower to sit with these individuals or transport them unless they are combative, which 90 percent of these are not,” Hopkins County Sheriff Lewis Tatum told the commissioners court, noting that his staff racked up “$3,000 cost just in man hours just to sit with” the mental health patient “for no apparent reason.”
Tatum said based on last year, the county can expect to have 30-35 patients who need transports annually.
“If they have insurance, they are already transported by EMS. If they do not have insurance, we have to transport them,” Tatum said. “These people are in need of medical attention which we cannot provide. I think it takes the liability off of us. Also, it protects the individuals needing this care to be transported by medical personnel to where their destinations is other than having to be thrown in the back of a patrol car and driven to wherever they need to go without there being any monitoring of them whatsoever.”
The sheriff noted that he personally made the last two mental health transports. “I wasn’t going to put a deputy in that position so I went on the last 2 of them myself,” Tatum said.
Precinct 3 Commissioner Wade Bartley asked if he understood correctly that it will cost the county $150 for EMS to transport a mental health patients.
“That was the agreement [Chief Deputy] Tanner [Crump] and them did work out with the county judge and everybody,” Tatum said.
The MOU has already been signed by all of the other entities involved, Tatum noted.
Precinct 1 Commissioner Mickey Barker asked if the agreement is valid for 1 year contract or is an ongoing agreement. Tatum said it is his understanding the agreement is ongoing. Bartley pointed out the date on the draft states it became effective July 1 and he did not on first glance through the document see an end date.
Bartley made the motion to approve the 3-page MOU, which he noted will be less expensive for the county and safer. The commissioners unanimously approved the MOU regarding transportation of mental health patients.
County Transportation Infrastructure Grant Program
Hopkins County applied for grant funds under the County Transportation Infrastructure Grant Program and the Texas Department of Transportation awarded Hopkins County with a total eligible grant award of $137,172. Some counties opted not to participate in the program, so funds that would have gone to them will likely go back into the fund, which could mean additional funding for participating counties, according to Beth Wisenbaker, who helps the county with grants.
Before the Hopkins County can receive any reimbursements from the eligible grant amount, the Commissioner Court must enter into a grant agreement with TxDOT.
The funding will be divided among the four Precincts. County Roads listed for potential repairs include County Road 1158, along County Road 2339/2316, the north end of County Road 4763 and County Road 3332, according to Wisenbaker.
Hopkins County Commissioners Court approved the resolution authorizes the County Judge to sign all invoices, certifications, and any other necessary documentation related to the County Transportation Infrastructure Grant Program, in order to move those projects along more expediently.
COVID-19 Update: 2 New Cases Reported July 13 for Hopkins County
The Hopkins County Emergency Management Team at 6:30 p.m. Monday, July 13, gave a brief COVID-19 update. The officials reported they have been notified of 2 new positive COVID-19 cases for Hopkins County, and 14 additional recoveries.
That brings the total of positive COVID-19 cases reported since March for Hopkins County to 88. So far, 65 Hopkins County patients have recovered from COVID-19. That leaves 23 active cases of COVID-19 for Hopkins County.
Two patients are in the COVID-19 unit at CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital – Sulphur Springs. One is from Hopkins County and one is from a surrounding county.
One death that was erroneously reported by the State of Texas over the weekend for Hopkins County has been removed from the state website.
