EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — More than 2,000 people have now died as a result of Covid-19 in El Paso County in the 11 months since the virus first reached the Borderland. The local milestone comes one day after the U.S. officially surpassed 500,000 virus deaths. The El Paso Health Department announced 22 new coronavirus-related
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EL PASO, Texas — As El Paso continues on a warming trend, the rest of Texas is struggling to regain power and water in the aftermath of a crippling cold front that knocked out basic utilities for days. But El Pasoans — and people across the country — are volunteering to help that recovery from
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – Several paid firefighters with Doña Ana County oppose the mandatory vaccine requirement for first responders, according to the union. “We should be given a choice,” said Travis Simpson, president of the Doña Ana County Professional Firefighters Association. “It’s like saying, ‘Am I willing to sacrifice financial security or stand up for what I
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WASHINGTON, DC — The Covid-19 death toll in the U.S. topped 500,000 Monday, all but matching the number of Americans killed in World War II, Korea and Vietnam combined. “Today we mark a truly grim, heartbreaking milestone: 500,071 dead,” President Joe Biden said in remarks to the nation. “That’s more lives lost to this virus
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UPDATE: LCPS officials on Monday afternoon said two additional employees had now died of Covid-19, marking the sixth and seventh deaths of educators in the district from the virus since November. As ABC-7 had reported earlier Monday, Chris Sarmiento, 33, was a teacher and a football coach at Vista Middle School. The additional death was that of
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WASHINGTON, DC — The U.S. government has announced that land borders with Mexico will remain closed to non-essential travel until at least March 21, which marks the one-year anniversary of the restrictions put in place to help prevent the spread of the coronavirus during the pandemic. It’s the first extension of the border crossing restrictions
Continue Reading EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The El Paso Health Department reported 12 new coronavirus-related deaths and 262 new cases Monday morning. The latest deaths included a man in his 40s, two men and a woman in their 50s, two men and a woman in their 60s, three men in their 70s, and two women in
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SANTA FE, New Mexico — Health officials in New Mexico on Sunday reported 320 new confirmed Covid-19 cases and 14 more deaths. The latest numbers increased the state’s pandemic totals to 182,789 cases and 3,624 known deaths. Four counties accounted for over half the additional cases. Bernalillo County had 101 cases, Dona Ana 44, Sandoval 23 and Valencia
Continue Reading WASHINGTON, DC — Dr. Anthony Fauci said Sunday that it’s “possible” Americans will still need to wear masks in 2022 to protect against the coronavirus, even as the U.S. may reach “a significant degree of normality” by the end of this year. Asked on CNN’s “State of the Union” whether he thinks Americans will still
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EL PASO, Texas — The state of Texas has allocated nearly 600,000 first doses of the Covid-19 vaccine for this coming week, with El Paso receiving 16,190 of those – its highest number yet. All but 2,000 of those doses are going to the two big vaccination hubs. The City of El Paso is expected
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EL PASO, Texas — El Paso health officials on Sunday morning reported a half-dozen additional deaths from Covid-19 and 521 more virus case. The latest deaths included a woman in her 60s, two women in their 70s, and a man and two women in their 80s. To date, there have been 1,980 virus-related deaths in
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SANTA FE, New Mexico — New Mexico on Saturday reported 427 additional confirmed Covid-19 cases and 11 deaths, increasing the state’s pandemic totals to 182,475 cases and 3,610 deaths. Four counties accounted for over half the additional cases: Bernalillo, 95; Doña Ana, 70; San Juan, 43, and McKinley 37. The counties with at least one death were
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EL PASO, Texas — University Medical Center on Saturday moved to allow limited visitations by relatives and friends for those hospitalized for medical conditions other than Covid-19. The new visitation policy, which takes effect immediately, lets patients have one visitor each day between 4 and 6 p.m. Those visitors are required to be screened for
Continue Reading EL PASO, Texas — El Paso health officials on Saturday reported a dozen additional deaths from Covid-19, raising the county’s pandemic death toll to 1,974 deaths. The latest deaths included: 1 woman in her 50s1 man in his 50s2 women in their 60s3 men in their 60s2 men in their 70s2 women in their 70s1
Continue Reading SANTA FE, New Mexico – The New Mexico Department of Health reported 19 additional Covid-19-related deaths on Friday, raising the state’s pandemic death toll to 3,599. The latest deaths included one victim from Doña Ana County, a man in his 80s who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions. In addition to the deaths, the state reported 318 new
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DOÑA ANA COUNTY, New Mexico – In his 16 years of serving southern New Mexico, Lt. Edward Vasquez brought dedication, passion and loyalty to protect the lives of people he had never met. “He had so much planned you know, for the future,” said his wife, Jackie Vasquez, who understood his enthusiasm to serve more
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EL PASO, Texas — The City of El Paso is expecting 6,000 first coronavirus vaccine doses from the state’s latest weekly allocation. But because of the severe winter weather impacting the country, there’s no word on when those doses will arrive. Fire Chief Mario D’Agostino said it’s “too early to tell” if there will be
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PORTAGE, Michigan — President Joe Biden toured a state-of-the art coronavirus vaccine plant Friday as extreme winter weather across broad swaths of the U.S. handed his vaccination campaign its first major setback, delaying shipment of about 6 million doses. The disruptions caused by frigid temperatures, snow and ice left the White House and states scrambling to
Continue Reading EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The El Paso Health Department announced 12 new coronavirus-related deaths and 183 new cases Friday morning. The latest deaths included 3 men in their 40s, 1 man and 1 woman in their 50s, 4 men in their 60s, 1 man in his 70s, and 1 man and 1 woman in
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Every week, ABC-7 anchor Mauricio Casillas will speak to Dr. Edward Michelson. Dr. Michelson is the chairman of the Department of Emergency Medicine for Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso. Here’s the Q&A for Feb. 18: Mauricio Casillas (KVIA): How has this past week gone for you? Dr.
Continue Reading EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The El Paso Department of Public Health announced 24 new coronavirus-related deaths Thursday morning. The latest deaths include a man in his 30s, 3 men in their 50s, 3 men and 3 women in their 60s, 3 men and 3 women in their 70s, 3 men and 2 women in
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AUSTIN, Texas — Texas reported 72 more deaths Wednesday from Covid-19, but hospitalizations from the disease continued to fall. However, officials said winter weather is affecting the reporting of Covid-19 data. As a result, death counts and new cases will be artificially lower until complete reporting resumes. The Texas Department of State Health Services said the state’s
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UPDATE, Feb. 17: University Medical Center announced Wednesday night that it had now received one of two weather-delayed shipments of second doses of coronavirus vaccine. That means some El Pasoans will now be able to received their second shots of the Pfizer vaccine, which arrived. The Moderna second-dose shipment, however has still not come in.
Continue Reading SANTA FE, New Mexico — Just over 280 newly confirmed cases were reported Wednesday by New Mexico health officials, bringing the statewide total to 181,332 since the pandemic began last year. There were 49 new cases in Doña Ana County, which was second in the state behind Albuquerque’s Bernalillo County. It had more than double
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SANTA FE, New Mexico — New Mexico ranks as third in the U.S. when it comes to vaccine distribution, having boosted the number of vaccines given daily by more than 20% over the past two weeks, state health officials said Wednesday. State Health Secretary Dr. Tracie Collins and Human Services Secretary Dr. David Scrase said during an
Continue Reading WASHINGTON, DC — Federal agents have seized more than 10 million fake N95 masks in recent weeks. It’s the result of an ongoing investigation into counterfeits sold in at least five states to hospitals, medical facilities and government agencies. Officials say the most recent seizures occurred Wednesday when Homeland Security agents intercepted hundreds of thousands
Continue Reading EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The El Paso Department of Public Health reported 41 coronavirus-related deaths Wednesday morning, elevating the county’s pandemic death toll to 1,926. It’s important to note that the health department has routinely acknowledged that these virus deaths don’t usually happen on the same day. It said these deaths happened over a
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EL PASO, Texas — A middle school band maestro is among the latest El Paso coronavirus deaths, it was confirmed by his family on Tuesday. Alfredo Valles, 60, died Friday of Covid-19, his niece Ruby Montana told ABC-7. As of Tuesday, there were 1,885 confirmed El Paso virus fatalities, although hundreds of other deaths remain
Continue Reading SANTA FE. New Mexico — New Mexico health officials reported 308 additional Covid-19 cases on Tuesday and a dozen deaths. A woman in her 80s was the only death to occur in Doña Ana County, which also had 52 of the state’s new cases. The number of deaths of New Mexicans from Covid-19 is now 3,550
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — A longtime teacher at Mesa Middle School has become the fifth Las Cruces Public Schools educator to die from Covid-19, officials said Tuesday. Elizabeth Placencio, 42, lost her battle with the disease Monday night after being hospitalized for nearly a month. LCPS said Placencio spent more than two decades as
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