Coronavirus

Texas identifies case of COVID-19 variant

  The first known Texas case of the COVID-19 B.1.1.7 variant, originally noted in the UK, has been identified in a resident of Harris County, according to information from the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS).

PA reports COVID deaths

Dec. 4, the City of Port Arthur Health Department reported two COVID-19 related deaths in residents of Port Arthur. The individuals include a white male between the age of 75-80 and a black female between the age of 70-75.

County notes added COVID deaths

Aug. 31, the Port Arthur and Jefferson County health departments reported two additional COVID-19 related deaths – one, a Port Arthur white male resident between the ages of 80 and 85, the other a white male Nederland resident between the ages of 60 and 65.

Port Arthur reports another COVID-19 death

Aug. 20, the Port Arthur Health Department reported another COVID-19 related death in a resident of Port Arthur. The individual was an African American female between the ages of 55-60. It has been determined that the individual had underlying health conditions.

City announces additional COVID deaths

Aug. 18, the Port Arthur Health Department reported four COVID-19 related deaths in residents of Port Arthur, including three African American females between the ages of 75-80, 85-90 and 90-95. The other individual was a Hispanic male between the ages of 80-85.

Free COVID testing in Beaumont

Monday, Aug. 10, through Friday, Aug. 14, from 8:30 a.m. - 4 p.m. the city of Beaumont will host two free mobile COVID-19 testing centers at the Central High School Girls Gym, 88 Jaguar.

Help wanted: Convalescent plasma donors needed to jumpstart COVID-19 recovery

As COVID-19 infections soar to nearly 4 million confirmed cases across the United States and cases in Texas continue to climb, hospital beds are filling up fast.

Nederland suffers another COVID-related death

July 17, the city of Port Arthur and Jefferson County health departments reported the fourth COVID-19 related death of a resident of Nederland. The individual was a white female between the ages of 80-85. It has been determined that this individual had underlying health conditions.

Walk-up COVID-19 testing available in SETX

Walk-up COVID testing Several sites in Jefferson County are offering free pop-up COVID-19 testing this week, with the city of Port Arthur hosting walk-up testing provided by the city and state on Tuesday, June 23, at the Bob Bowers Civic Center and Wednesday, June 24, at the West Side Development...

COVID cases, recoveries surge as Texas reopens

Double-digit daily confirmations of new COVID-19 cases in Beaumont, hundreds of cases attributed to Jefferson County prisons and a tripling of the number of coronavirus diagnoses in Hardin County have local leaders – as well as Texas Gov.