As of Monday, 10,417 Texans were hospitalized with the virus, including 3,200 in North Texas. The 14-day average of new cases in Texas is 41,014 — four times the previous 14-day average of 10,053.
Here’s what you need to know about the COVID-19 in North Texas for today, Jan. 11.
The proportion is worsening the burden on the area’s health care system, North Texas doctors and health experts say. The percentage of patients hospitalized with COVID-19 is expected to grow for the next few weeks.
Federal health officials say treatment and precautions depend on symptoms and vaccination status. Here’s what you need to know.
As COVID-19 variants ebb and flow, continuing to shape the “new normal,” readers describe how they’re going about their lives.
Members of a Facebook group for Plano ISD parents want the district to increase COVID-19 safety measures as omicron continues to spread.
When she got a a negative COVID-19 rapid test result in December, Sarah Sedaghatzadeh trusted it. Two days later, she took a PCR test and learned that she had the virus — and that she had passed it to her entire family. We dig into the confusion around false negative results.
Private health insurers will be required to cover up to eight home COVID-19 tests a month starting Saturday. The Biden administration announced the change as it seeks to lower costs and make testing for the virus more convenient.
