EL PASO, Texas– El Paso Community College trustee Bonnie Soria Najera, who lost both her parents to Covid-19, was released from the hospital Tuesday afternoon after undergoing treatment for virus infection. “When I left (home), I left because I thought I was going to die,” she said Tuesday in an interview with ABC-7. She rode
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AUSTIN, Texas — Masks for students and teachers will be mandatory in counties with more than 20 reported Covid-19 cases when public schools resume in-person classes this fall, under new public health guidelines released by Texas state education officials late Tuesday afternoon. School districts must offer daily on-campus instruction for all students who want it, but any
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EL PASO, Texas — An order being prepared by El Paso City-County Health Authority Dr. Hector Ocaranza would prohibit any in-person classes by local school districts until after Labor Day in September. That’s according to both County Judge Ricardo Samaniego and Mayor Dee Margo, who told ABC-7 on Tuesday that Ocaranza’s order was in the process
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SANTA FE, New Mexico — The New Mexico State Tourism Department has published notices informing residents of neighboring states that visitors should comply with New Mexico’s rules regarding face masks and travel quarantines. Complete details on these travel rules can be found by clicking here. The notices published in six newspapers in Texas and Arizona include iconic New Mexico images and
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AUSTIN, Texas — Texas surpassed 10,000 new coronavirus cases in a single day for the first time, crossing a sobering milestone rarely seen since the pandemic first hit the U.S. in March. The record high of 10,028 confirmed cases Tuesday follows Gov. Greg Abbott’s decision to mandate masks in much of the state and to
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SANTA FE, New Mexico — New Mexico health officials reported an additional 221 Covid-19 cases on Tuesday, bringing the statewide total of confirmed infections to 13,727. State officials also announced another four virus-related deaths were reported, occurring in Bernalillo, McKinley and San Juan counties. The state now has a total of 519 deaths. The state’s most
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WACO, Texas — Despite hopes for relief this summer, the US still is battling the first wave of the Covid-19 pandemic, so much so that across the South and Southwest contact tracing — a key component to combating the virus — is no longer possible, a health expert says. “The cases are rising so rapidly,
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — More student-athletes at New Mexico State University have tested positive for the coronavirus, officials said Tuesday. Over 160 coronavirus tests have been performed on student-athletes, coaches and staff at NMSU, with 20 of those coming back positive. The testing came after six student-athletes and a trainer tested positive last week,
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — For the first time since Friday, the El Paso Department of Public Health reported new coronavirus deaths. Four Covid-19 related deaths, 28 new hospitalizations and 181 new cases were announced Tuesday morning. The death toll now stands at 139. Hospitalizations reached a new peak, increasing to 246. There are currently
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Wearing a mask in hot summer months can be uncomfortable, but according to a local healthcare leader, it’s an action that’s still necessary in slowing the spread of the virus in our community. “The risks of not wearing a mask greatly exceed the risk of wearing a mask in hot
Continue Reading So, about masks — they do next to nothing if you don’t wear them properly. Yep, even the cloth coverings touted as the best thing since social distancing have instructions. We’ve laid them out below, based on guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the World Health Organization. And remember: Masks are
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EL PASO, Texas — Officials at the University Medical Center of El Paso told ABC-7 they are witnessing a surge of serious illness after confirming that staff admitted 64 patients in one day to be treated for Covid-19, and that the flow of people needing hospital care has been increasing everyday for the last five
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EL PASO, Texas — Former El Paso congressman and prominent Texas Democrat Beto O’Rourke called on Republican Gov. Greg Abbott to resign, saying his handling of the coronavirus pandemic to date has been “pathetic.” O’Rourke made his comments in a Monday night twitter post following an Abbott interview with a Beaumont TV station in which
Continue Reading AUSTIN, Texas — Hospitalizations across Texas have more than doubled in the last two weeks, rising to 8,698 people in hospitals on Monday. Texas also reported 5,318 new cases Monday, after a record high of 8,258 on Saturday. And the Lone Star state reported 18 additional deaths Monday, bringing the totals to 2,655 reported deaths and 200,557 confirmed
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — Las Cruces City Council on Monday evening voted 7-0 to keep in effect Mayor Ken Miyagashima’s emergency proclamation on face masks that was signed Friday. Miyagashima’s order requires businesses to mandate to that customers and employees wear face coverings. Those businesses that flout the order can be fined $100 per
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EL PASO, Texas — It’s a diagnosis no one wants to get, but that 7,400 El Pasoans have already received in the form of a positive test for the coronavirus. While that diagnosis in and of itself may be alarming, the cooperation from the patient is just as crucial, El Paso health officials say. At
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EL PASO, Texas — Citing a “steep rise” in Covid-19 cases in the El Paso community, Bishop Mark Seitz is rolling back some of the provisions in Phase II of the El Paso Catholic Diocese’s reopening plan. Phase II allows for private visits to churches, the offering of regular times for confession and the celebration
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — New Mexico health officials reported an additional 253 coronavirus cases on Monday, with a third of those new infections occurring in Doña Ana County. The statewide total of confirmed Covid-19 infections at 13,507. Southern New Mexico’s most populous county, Doña Ana, led all others in the entire state with 85
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Matthew McConaughey got straight to the point in a new video posted on social media over the weekend. (Scroll down to end of article to see the video) The actor and Texas native told fans that he understood that the country is going through “some growing pains” but that “growing pains are a good thing,
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EL PASO, Texas — Mass testing at El Paso County jails has revealed 174 Covid-19 cases among inmates, Sheriff Richard Wiles said Monday. The sheriff said 155 inmates at the downtown jail have tested positive, along with 19 at the east side jail annex. Fourteen staff members at the downtown jail also have tested positive.
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EL PASO, Texas — El Paso City Council by unanimous vote on Monday extended the city’s emergency coronavirus declaration for another month. The virus emergency will now be in effect until at least Aug. 5. Among the most notable provisions of the emergency declaration is one that prohibits utilities from disconnecting service to customers while
Continue Reading AUSTIN, Texas — As parents nationwide wonder if it’s safe to send kids back to day care, Texas is grappling with a surge of Covid-19 cases from child care centers. At least 1,335 people have tested positive from child care facilities in Texas, the state’s Department of Health and Human Services reported Monday, citing figures
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The Department of Public Health reported 248 new coronavirus cases, and no new deaths Monday morning. It marks the fifth day in a row that El Paso has surpassed 200 new cases. The death toll has stayed at 135 since Friday. There have now been 7,461 confirmed cases in El
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EL PASO, Texas — El Paso hospitals will yet again be getting more of an antiviral drug that has shown promise in the treatment of Covid-19. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced Sunday that six El Paso hospitals will be getting eleven additional cases of the antiviral drug remdesivir. The state Health Services Department is receiving
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EL PASO, Texas — Amid a coronavirus surge in El Paso resulting in record cases and hospitalizations over the July Fourth weekend, emergency management officials said test sites operated for the city by the state’s military “are at or near testing capacity” for Monday. Office of Emergency Management Coordinator Jorge Rodriguez on Sunday night cited
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AUSTIN, Texas — Texas reported 3,449 new confirmed cases of Covid-19 Sunday, after a record high of 8,258 Saturday. State health officials also reported 29 additional deaths, bringing the totals to 2,637 fatalities and 195,239 confirmed cases. A record 8,181 Texans with Covid-19 were hospitalized Sunday, which included a record 211 hospital patients in El Paso. The
Continue Reading SANTA FE, New Mexico — New Mexico health officials reported an additional 200 coronavirus cases on Sunday, bringing the statewide total of confirmed infections to 13,256. Officials also said there were no new deaths across New Mexico, so the state’s fatality count held at 513. The state’s most populous county, Bernalillo, led all others with
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EL PASO, Texas — For the 13th day in row, health officials on Sunday morning reported triple-digit increases in new coronavirus cases as the number of infections surpassed 7,000. That milestone came as hospitalizations due to the virus also reached yet another record high. There were 260 additional Covid-19 cases tallied for a cumulative total
Continue Reading CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — Mexico topped 30,000 Covid-19 deaths Saturday, overtaking France as the country with the fifth-highest death toll since the coronavirus outbreak began. Officials reported 523 more confirmed coronavirus deaths for the day, bringing the nation’s total to 30,366 for the pandemic. But in Ciudad Juárez, state health officials on Saturday said the
Continue Reading SANTA FE, New Mexico — State health officials said Doña Ana County posted 56 new cases of coronavirus on Saturday, accounting for nearly 20% of the 291 additional infections across New Mexico. Saturday also brought to a close a record-setting week for Doña Ana County, with 230 new cases recorded. That easily topped the previous
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