EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The El Paso Department of Public Health announced seven coronavirus-related deaths and 561 new cases Monday morning. That brings the death toll in El Paso County to 1,520. Hospitalizations greatly decreased from 421 to 392. The number of ICU patients also decreased from 165 to 138. The number of active
Continue Reading EL PASO, Texas – A woman in her 40s with underlying health conditions is the latest El Pasoan to die from Covid-19, El Paso health officials said Sunday. Health officials reported one new death and 301 new cases. They also reported seven additional “delayed” positive results. The positive cases come from tests conducted over five
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EL PASO, Texas – Dona Ana County has 163 new cases of Covid-19 and one new fatality, according to New Mexico health officials on Saturday. The latest victim was a woman in her 80s who was a resident of the Welbrook Senior Living facility in Las Cruces. New Mexico reported a total of 22 deaths,
Continue Reading EL PASO, Texas – The day after El Paso topped the grim milestone of 1,500 people dead from the coronavirus, local health officials reported six more deaths. The deaths did not happen all in one day, but over the period of more than one month. The six latest fatalities included: two men in their 50s;
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EL PASO, Texas – El Paso has been selected by the state of Texas to be a mega-vaccine site, city health officials said. The city will be receiving 5,000 additional Covid-19 vaccines next week and the county will be getting 5,000 more. While 10,000 doses are on their way to the Borderland the demand continues
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – The state of New Mexico is moving into the next phase of vaccine distribution. In Phase 1B, the state is expanding eligibility for the vaccine to those 75 and older as well as residents with underlying health conditions and frontline workers who don’t have the option of working remotely. “I
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – It’s been nearly a year since New Mexico bars closed their doors to the public. “It’s so sad to walk in there and see what it was,” said Alex Macias, the owner of Rad Retrocade in Las Cruces. “The community loved it. “It’s been very sad.” When Covid-19 arrived in
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EL PASO, Texas- With face to face learning looming, some teachers are worried that they haven’t been able to get vaccinated yet. ABC-7 spoke with the president of the Teachers Association to see what her opinion was on returning back to class without everyone on campus being vaccinated. “We should be treated as essential employees
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The State of Texas has directed city health departments to provide the Covid-19 vaccine to people regardless of place of residence, and that includes people who live outside the county, the state or the country, said Dr. Hector Ocaranza, El Paso’s health authority.Ocaranza said there is no proof of residency required to receive the free
Continue Reading EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — More than 1,500 El Pasoans have now died of Covid-19 since the virus first reached the community last March. Health officials announced eight new coronavirus-related deaths Friday bringing the death toll to 1,506. There were still 564 deaths listed as under investigation. These are suspected Covid-19 fatalities that have yet
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EL PASO, Texas- El Pasoans are clearly frustrated about how to find out about the Covid-19 vaccines and then line up an appointment to get one. Three members of the ABC-7 crew tried calling 43 different numbers to providers that the city gave to us. Out of all those numbers, none of those clinics or
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — ABC-7 is revamping its weekly check-in segment with a doctor on the frontlines of the coronavirus pandemic. Every week, 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. Here’s the Q&A for
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HOUSTON, Texas — The first known case of a new and possibly more contagious coronavirus strain has been reported in Texas, in an adult male resident of Harris County who had no history of travel, according to the state Health Services Department and Judge Lina Hidalgo. The variant known as B.1.1.7 was first identified in
Continue Reading EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The El Paso Department of Public Health reported nine new coronavirus-related deaths Thursday morning. The death toll now stands at 1,498 in El Paso County. Health officials announced 376 cases, which pushed the total number of confirmed cases since the start of the pandemic to 101,451. As of Thursday morning,
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CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — Mexico has reported a new high for a daily increase in coronavirus cases, with 13,345 newly confirmed infections reported Wednesday for the previous 24 hours. Officials also reported a near-record of 1,165 deaths related to Covid-19. The country has now seen about 1.48 million infections and almost 130,000 deaths so far
Continue Reading SANTA FE, New Mexico — Health Secretary Dr. Tracie Collins said the state Health Department is watching the numbers closely as New Mexico has now recorded nearly 150,000 confirmed Covid-19 infections since the pandemic began, with an additional 1,496 cases reported Wednesday. If there’s a further bump related to gatherings over the holidays, she said
Continue Reading EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The El Paso Department of Public Health reported two new coronavirus-related deaths, more than 500 new cases, and a big increase in Covid-19 hospitalizations Wednesday. The two latest deaths involved a man in his 60s and another man in his 80s, as El Paso County’s death toll now stands at
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EL PASO, Texas — The El Paso Department of Public Health said Tuesday night it had just received an additional 1,100 Moderna Covid-19 vaccinations that it planned to distribute immediately. On Wednesday, health and emergency management officials said they would be giving out new shots to those at highest risk for contracting the virus – which
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EL PASO, Texas — The average age of residents at the Monte Vista nursing home in El Paso is between 85 and 90. Residents there thought they had a provider who would come down to the facility and vaccinate them against Covid-19. The problem is, the provider did not acquire the contract to become a vaccination
Continue Reading AUSTIN, TEXAS — Coronavirus cases are exhausting the availability of intensive-care unit beds in parts of Texas as hospitalizations with Covid-19 continue to soar to record levels. One in five hospital beds in Texas are now occupied by Covid-19 patients, state health statistics showed on Tuesday. Hospitalizations with the illness the coronavirus causes set a ninth-consecutive record by
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SANTA FE, New Mexico — State health officials on Tuesday reported an additional 1,201 confirmed Covid-19 cases, pushing the statewide total since the pandemic began closer to 150,000. Doña Ana County, with 117, was among three in the state that saw triple-digit increases in new cases on Tuesday. The others were Bernalillo (484) and San Juan
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WASHINGTON, DC — A number of taxpayers who use tax preparation services, such as H&R Block and TurboTax, say their second relief payments were sent to the incorrect bank account, forcing them to wait longer for their money. The IRS and the Treasury Department began issuing the Economic Impact Payments last week. The payment is
Continue Reading MEXICO CITY, Mexico — Mexico has approved the Oxford-AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine for emergency use, hoping to spur a halting vaccination effort that has only given about 44,000 shots since the third week of December, about 82% of the doses the country has received. As of Tuesday, Mexico has experienced nearly 1.45 million coronavirus cases and
Continue Reading EL PASO, Texas — Doses of the Covid-19 vaccine began arriving in El Paso three weeks ago, marking a significant milestone in the battle against the virus. But it will be months before vaccine doses are widely available, and the rollout is leaving eligible El Pasoans with more questions than answers. For now, the limited supply
Continue Reading EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso County on Tuesday surpassed a milestone few could’ve predicted just a year ago. Health officials announced 493 cases, which pushed the total number of confirmed cases since the start of the pandemic to 100,421. The health department also reported five new coronavirus-related deaths. They included: 1 man in
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EL PASO, Texas — Following a meeting Monday between El Paso area school leaders and local health officials, the three major districts all agreed to stay with online classes for now – but also signaled that they could begin the phased-in return of some students to school campuses later this month. With current hospitalization rates
Continue Reading EL PASO, Texas — The city of El Paso has officially run out of Covid-19 vaccines as of Monday afternoon, according to Fire Chief Mario D’agostino, who also serves as the city’s emergency management head. The city will now have to wait until they receive the next shipment of vaccine, but there’s no immediate word
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AUSTIN, TEXAS — Texas was on the brink Monday of surpassing a record 13,000 patients hospitalized with Covid-19 as the number of new cases after the Christmas holiday continued surging. Texas has set new highs for hospitalized Covid-19 patients seven times in the past eight days. Nearly 16,000 new cases were reported Monday. Intensive care units in
Continue Reading SANTA FE, New Mexico — State health officials reported that confirmed Covid-19 infections in New Mexico now total 147,315, including the 936 additional cases reported Monday. More than 2,570 deaths statewide have been linked to the virus since the pandemic began, including 23 added fatalities reported Monday. Among those latest deaths were five in southern
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LONDON, England — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced a new national lockdown for England until at least mid-February to combat a fast-spreading new version of the coronavirus. Johnson said Monday the country is at “a critical moment,” with cases rising rapidly in every part of the country. Under the new rules, which are
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