Dec. 14 COVID-19 Update: 2 New Confirmed Cases, 5 Probable Cases
The Texas Department of State Health Services’ Dec. 14 COVID-19 updates showed two new confirmed Hopkins County cases and five additional probable cases over the weekend, while Hopkins County/Sulphur Springs Emergency Management officials reported a new record patient count in the hospital COVID unit Monday and provided an update on weekend testing at the free testing center. Dec. 14 COVID-19 Case Counts The new case count...
Dec. 12 COVID-19 Update: 27 New Cases, 13 New Probable Cases, 266 Active Cases
Texas Department of State Health Services reported 27 new cases, 13 new probable cases, and made an adjustment that changed the number of COVID-19 fatalities. COVID hospitalizations in Trauma Service Area F rose a little bit, according DSHS’ Dec. 12 COVID-19 Case Counts and Test and Hospital Data dashboards. COVID-19 Case Counts Hopkins County’s molecular case count, which DSHS still considers the official confirmed case...
Dec. 11 COVID-19 Update: 1 Fatality, 7 New Molecular Cases, 37 Recoveries
Texas Department of State Health Services reported several increases in COVID-19 counts on Dec. 11, including one COVID-19 fatalities, seven new cases confirmed by molecular testing and daily “probable” cases since Monday’s weekly update. Overall, the combined antigen and molecular data doubled the total number of recoveries Hopkins County has reported. Hopkins County/Sulphur Springs Emergency Management’s Dec....
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...
Weekly COVID-19 County Profile: Adults Age 40-60 Account For 40 Percent of New Cases
In this week’s COVID-19 demographics, Texas Department of State Health Services reported Hopkins County residents between the ages of 40 and 60 accounted for 40 percent of new COVID-19 cases reported between Nov. 23 and Dec. 6. DSHS chart included in the Dec.8 Hopkins County Weekly COVID-19 County Profile There were 32 fewer new COVID-91 cases reported during the current 2-week reporting period compared to the previous one, and...
Dec. 8 COVID-19 Update: 5 New Cases, 84 Active Cases
Five additional Hopkins County residents had received positive molecular COVID-19 test results on Tuesday, according to Texas Department of State Health Services COVID-19 Case Counts dashboard, and Hopkins County/Sulphur Springs Emergency Management officials also provided daily free molecular testing and hospital case counts in the Dec. 8 COVID-19 update. Dec. 8 COVID-19 Case Counts Although the week is young yet, there have only...
Dec. 7 COVID-19 Update: 2 Days Without Any New Cases Reported By DSHS
Monday marked the second consecutive Day Hopkins County has gone without any changes reported in molecular COVID-19 case counts by Texas Department of State Health Services. There also have been no additional recoveries of Hopkins County residents who are lab-confirmed by molecular testing to be COVID-19 positives since Saturday. That does not mean there are no active COVID-19 cases in Hopkins County; 79 of the 913 Hopkins County...
Dec. 5 COVID-19 Update: 20 New Cases, 2 Recoveries
While Texas Department of State Health Services’ Dec. 5 COVID-19 update showed two additional COVID-19 recoveries and no additional COVID-19 fatalities on Saturday, four times as many Hopkins County residents received positive COVID-19 results on Saturday than the 5 new cases reported on Friday, which resulted in a higher active case count as well. On Saturday, the DSHS COVID-19 Case Counts dashboard showed 913 Hopkins County...
Dec. 4 COVID-19 Update: 2 Fatalities, 5 New Cases, 2 Recoveries
Texas Department of State Health Services Dec. 4 COVID-19 dashboard showed a huge change in the number of new cases reported on Thursday than the 44 reported for Hopkins County Dec. 3 as well as two recoveries. DSHS also announced the 56th COVID-19 fatality, while Hopkins County/Sulphur Springs Emergency Management’s Dec. 4 COVID-19 update showed a rise in patients counts Friday in the COVID-19 Unit at CHRISTUS Mother Frances...
Dec. 3 COVID-19 Update: 44 New Cases, 63 Active Cases
Texas Department of State Health Services’ Dec. 3 COVID-19 update provided both good and bad news for Hopkins County. While the number of new COVID-19 cases was four times higher on Thursday than on Wednesday, the patient count in the hospital COVID unit declined for the third consecutive day. No new COVID-19 deaths were reported for Hopkins County, but there also were no new recoveries on Thursday either. There were also fewer...
