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Three Additional COVID Deaths, 62 New Cases Reported For Hopkins County
Aug30

Three Additional COVID Deaths, 62 New Cases Reported For Hopkins County

Three additional COVID deaths, 62 new cases and 74 recoveries were reported for Hopkins County over the weekend, which means 1.32 percent of the overall population in Hopkins County had the virus this month, with 2.24 percent of the cases resulting in death due to the virus so far in August, according to Texas Department of State Health Services reports. Two new COVID fatalities were announced on Friday and one Saturday, for a total...

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2 Additional COVID Deaths, 99 New Cases, 33 Recoveries Reported For Hopkins County
Aug25

2 Additional COVID Deaths, 99 New Cases, 33 Recoveries Reported For Hopkins County

Although all three COVID-19 vaccines – including the Pfizer product officially approved as a vaccine by the FDA this week – are available at no charge at multiple locations in Sulphur Springs for individuals age 12 and older, COVID-19 continues to spread among Hopkins County residents, resulting in two additional COVID deaths, Texas Department of State Health Services reported on Aug. 24. COVID-19 Case Count Data compiled...

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Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine Approved By FDA
Aug24

Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine Approved By FDA

 The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Monday fully approved the first COVID-19 vaccine. The vaccine has been known as the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine, and will now be marketed as Comirnaty (koe-mir’-na-tee), for the prevention of COVID-19 disease in individuals 16 years of age and older. Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine receives full FDA approval The vaccine will also continue to be available under emergency use...

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120th COVID-19 Fatality, 35 New Cases, 6 Recoveries, 270 Active Cases Reported For Hopkins County
Aug19

120th COVID-19 Fatality, 35 New Cases, 6 Recoveries, 270 Active Cases Reported For Hopkins County

Texas Department of State Health Services on Wednesday announced the 120th COVID-19 fatality for Hopkins County, along with 35 new cases, 270 active cases and 6 recoveries on Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2021. COVID-19 Fatalties Wednesday marked consecutive two consecutive days this week and the fourth time in 10 days that DSHS has reported another Hopkins County resident has died as a result of COVID-19. That makes six coronavirus deaths so...

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115th COVID-19 Fatality Confirmed, 203 Active Cases Reported For Hopkins County
Aug12

115th COVID-19 Fatality Confirmed, 203 Active Cases Reported For Hopkins County

DSHS Resumes Filling Medical Staffing Requests It’s no secret that COVID-19 cases have continued to rising once again in Texas – including Hopkins County. The 7-day state average of new confirmed cases of COVID-19 was 10,332, contributing to the 10,463 in Texas hospitals on Aug. 10. That is nearly 3,000 new confirmed COVID-19 hospitalizations reported in the last week, according to Texas Department of State Health...

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Active COVID-19 Case Count In Hopkins County On The Rise
Aug02

Active COVID-19 Case Count In Hopkins County On The Rise

As has been the case across the state and country, the active COVID-19 case county in Hopkins County rose significantly over the last week, but, unlike in some larger cities where hospitals are having to divert COVID-19 patients to other healthcare facilities, CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital-Sulphur Springs is still able to accept patients. In fact hospitals in the region continue to be at less than the 15 percent identified by the...

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COVID-19 Disaster Declaration Renewed By Governor
Jun08

COVID-19 Disaster Declaration Renewed By Governor

21 More Confirmed COVID-19 Cases And 12 More Probable Cases Reported For Hopkins County In May Than In April; 12 confirmed cases, 3 Probable Cases Recorded For County During First Week of June The state’s disaster declaration has been renewed by Governor Greg Abbott. The proclamation issued Friday afternoon simply renewed the declaration that the Governor first issued on March 13, 2020, that the “novel coronavirus...

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COVID-19 Vaccines Now Available At Cody Drug, April 28 Clinic At Hospital
Apr27

COVID-19 Vaccines Now Available At Cody Drug, April 28 Clinic At Hospital

109th COVID-19 Hopkins County Fatality Reported While the number of new COVID-19 cases reported in Hopkins County continues to dwindle as more COVID-19 vaccines become available, the virus has not been eradicated in Hopkins County. Not only are people still contracting the virus, one additional Hopkins County resident’s death has been confirmed to be the result of COVID-19 — the 109th COVID-19 fatality reported for Hopkins...

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April 8 COVID-19 Update: No New COVID-19 Cases, 1 Fatality Reported For Hopkins County
Apr08

April 8 COVID-19 Update: No New COVID-19 Cases, 1 Fatality Reported For Hopkins County

Hopkins County seems to still be headed in the right direction as far as COVID-19 is concerned. Thursday was another day with no new COVID-19 cases reported in Hopkins County residents, but had 13 residents reported to have recovered from their bout with COVID-19. Despite the ever increasing number of people receiving COVID-19 vaccines, the virus is still not gone from Hopkins County: 123 residents were estimated Thursday afternoon to...

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COVID-19 Numbers Continue To Fall In Hopkins County, Northeast Texas Area
Apr06

COVID-19 Numbers Continue To Fall In Hopkins County, Northeast Texas Area

CMFH-SS COVID Unit Empty, No New COVID-19 Cases Reported April 5 For Hopkins County COVID-19 numbers continue to fall in Hopkins County and the Northeast Texas area. For the first time since Hopkins County/Sulphur Springs Emergency Management began reporting the data late last summer, not only were there no COVID-19 patients in the local hospital’s COVID-19 unit, the state also reported no new COVID-19 cases reported on Monday...

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