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...
DSHS Announced 28 COVID-19 Vaccine Hubs; CMFH-SS Among 206 Other Providers Allocated Doses As Well
The Texas Department of State Health Services has instructed the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to ship first doses of COVID-19 vaccine to 234 providers this week. That includes 28 hub providers that will focus on large community vaccination efforts as Texas vaccinates health care workers, people 65 and older and those with medical conditions that put them at greater risk of hospitalization and death from COVID-19. While...
Jan. 8 COVID-19 Update: 12 New Cases, 4 Recoveries, 217 Active Cases
In Hopkins County, two people had received both doses of the COVID-19 vaccine and four Hopkins County residents had recovered, there were also 12 new coronavirus cases and the local COVID unit was within three patients of reaching capacity, Texas Department of State Health Services and Hopkins County/Sulphur Springs Emergency Management officials reported in Jan. 8 COVID-19 reports. Trauma Service Area F Friday reported a record...
Mattie Lou McCracken Mannon
Funeral services for Mattie Lou McCracken Mannon, age 80, of Sulphur Springs, will be held at2:00 p.m., Saturday, January 9, 2021 at West Oaks Funeral Home Chapel with Bro. JohnnyWheat officiating and Bro. Donny Berry assisting. Great-grandson, Levi Barnes will be readingThe Lord’s Prayer. Interment will follow at Sulphur Springs City Cemetery with Brian Beadle,Jason Beadle, Stan Fisher, Wayne Wilkerson, Bo Bratton, Asher Dial, and...
State Announces Planned Change To COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution, First Case Of COVID-19 UK Variant
Limited Number Of Vaccines Currently Only Available While the COVID-19 vaccine distribution is still in the first stages, with only a limited supply of the first dose of the vaccine available for specific people at limited locations across the state, the state Thursday announced that the vaccination distribution process will be changing the way vaccines are distributed in Texas, by doing more distribution through designated large...
Mattie Lou Mannon
Funeral services for Mattie Lou Mannon, age 80, of Sulphur Springs, will be held at 2:00 p.m.,Saturday, January 9, 2021 at West Oaks Funeral Home Chapel. Interment will follow at SulphurSprings City Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m., Friday, January 8, 2021 atWest Oaks Funeral Home. Lou passed away on January 6, 2021 at Christus Trinity MotherFrances Hospital in Tyler. Arrangements are under the direction of...
Jan. 6 COVID-19 Update: 3 Fatalities, 30 New Cases, 1 Recovery
Texas Department of State Health Services and Texas Health and Human Services’ Jan. 6 COVID-19 reports showed three additional COVID-19 fatalities, continued high COVID-19 hospitalizations in area hospitals, only 1 recovery in the last three days, with 25 vaccination administered Jan. 3-11:59 p.m. Jan. 5 for Hopkins County. Jan. 6 COVID-19 Case Counts Twenty people received positive COVID-19 results from lab-confirmed molecular...
Jan. 4 COVID-19 Update: 10 New Cases, 161 Active Cases, 29 In CMFH-SS COVID Unit
State and local COVID-19 reports on Jan. 4 COVID-19 showed more than twice as many new Hopkins County cases as recoveries over the last four days, and not only an increase in cases at Sulphur Springs nursing homes but also one additional resident fatality during the most recent reporting period. Continued high hospitalizations of COVID-19 patients in Trauma Service Area F for the ninth consecutive day also ensure at least another week...
Vaccine Availability Remains A Challenge For Most
With information changing daily, patience is certainly a virtue if you are wanting to receive any of the COVID-19 vaccines. Almost as quickly as CHRISTUS Mother Frances Clinic announced that they would release some vaccines for Phase 1b recipients this week, all of the appointment times were taken up. Some local pharmacies continue to take names even though they do not know if and when they will receive vaccines, and the two local...
Rev. Gary Blowers
Memorial service for Rev. Gary Blowers, age 71, of Cumby, will be held on Saturday, January 23, 2020at 11:00 A.M. at Sulphur Springs Church of the Nazarene. Rev. Blowers passed away Thursday,December 31, 2020 at Christus Mother Frances Hospital – Sulphur Springs. Gary Blowers was born June 30, 1949 in Ballston Spa, NY to William Blowers and Viola (Haskell)Blowers. He married Brenda Pritchard in Ballston Spa, NY on November 25, 1967....
