January 3, 2021 COVID-19 Update: Only 1 ICU Bed Remains Open In Region
As local Hopkins County officials wait for direction from Governor Abbott’s office on latest state mandated occupancy restrictions, the number of people hospitalized with COVID-19 continues to rise in our region as well as across the state. The latest Texas DSHS Dashboard shows only 1 ICU bed is open and available in the 8 county region known as Trauma Service Area F. This same region now has a COVID-19 hospitalization rate of...
Hopkins County COVID-19 Hospitalizations Pass 30% As Year Comes To End
In a grim reminder of how awful 2020 has been, the latest report from the Hopkins County Emergency Management Team showed 30 Covid-19 patients are currently in the Covid Unit at CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital in Sulphur Springs. With 96 staffed hospital beds at the local campus, that pushes the Covid Hospitalization Rate locally up to 31.25%. The Texas Department of State Health Services tracks this hospitalization rate but as a...
Dec. 28 COVID-19 Update: 6 Vaccines Administered, 63 Recoveries, 18 New Cases
Texas Department of State Health Services’ Dec. 28 COVID-19 updates show 18 new COVID-19 cases, 63 additional recoveries and six more doses of the vaccine administered over the weekend for Hopkins County. One additional nursing home resident has been confirmed to have died as a result of COVID-19, according to Texas Health and Human Services’ Dec. 28 nursing facilities report. Dec. 28 COVID-19 Case Counts Hopkins County...
Dec. 9 COVID-19 Update: 3 Fatalities, 13 New Cases, 32 Recoveries
The Dec. 9 COVID-19 case counts offered good and bad news for Hopkins County: while 32 residents recovered and one less patients was in the COVID unit at the local hospital, 13 additional residents received positive COVID-19 results and Texas Department of State Health Services received confirmation of three additional COVID-19 deaths for Hopkins County. Dec. 9 COVID-19 Case Counts The 32 recoveries reported on Dec. 9 helped offset...
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. 24 COVID-19 Update: 24 In COVID Unit, 58 Active Cases
Hopkins County/Sulphur Springs Emergency Management officials’ Nov. 24 COVID-19 update showed cumulative totals with 11 additional positive COVID-19 cases and 69 additional recoveries over their last report on Nov. 20. HC/SSEM also provided some additional demographic details for recent COVID-19 cases provided by DSHS. Changes in State Reporting The HC/SSEM officials in a Zoom press conference Tuesday afternoon noted that county...
Emergency Management Officials Give Update On COVID-19 Reporting, Impact In Hopkins County
Hopkins County and Sulphur Springs Emergency Management officials, along with the Local Health Authority will soon be increasing the amount of COVID-19 data included in the COVID-19 reporting for Hopkins County. The county officials also gave a quick update on the COVID-19 situation in Hopkins County, and how it is impacting the community as a whole as well as emergency responders and law enforcement personnel. Reporting Changes In...
Governor Announces Expanded Occupancy Levels For Some Texas Businesses, Services
Executive Order Re-Authorizes Elective Surgeries For Majority of Texas Texas Governor Greg Abbott today announced that Texas is expanding occupancy levels for select businesses and services and re-authorizing elective surgeries for a majority of the state. Plans for both are outlined in 2 new Executive orders. Texas Governor Greg Abbott Executive Order No. GA-30 expands occupancy levels for restaurants, retail stores, office...
TDSHS To Report 2 Additional Measures Of COVID-19 Positivity Rate
News Release The Texas Department of State Health Services today will begin reporting two additional measures of the COVID-19 positivity rate, the percentage of tests that are positive in a given period. The update is the result of DSHS’s work to enhance the state’s COVID-19 data in partnership with the Governor’s Strike Force. While DSHS will continue to post the data in the form Texans are used to, DSHS will primarily rely on the...
