El Paso County

EL PASO, Texas -- Two new deaths and 537 additional coronavirus cases were reported Sunday morning in El Paso County by health officials. That raised the pandemic totals to 1,643 deaths and 110,125 cases. It comes as El Paso is set to hit a milestone moment on the vaccine front. Slated to receive 12,900 more vaccine

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

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said Wednesday that he has sued the City of Austin and Travis County, a declaration that came a day after local leaders declared new restrictions for when restaurants and bars can serve customers during New Year's weekend.Paxton filed a petition for temporary injunc...

This comes as Austin and Travis County leaders are voicing worry over hospitalization numbers and urging the public not to go out for New Year's celebrations.

Time-honored traditions of mourning along the Texas-Mexico border are upended by the pandemic.

A Texas woman who'd been a frontrunner for a municipal court judgeship has reportedly died Monday of coronavirus — five days before the runoff election that would have determined the wi…

As the COVID-19 pandemic reaches dangerous new levels nationwide, the White House Coronavirus Task Force acknowledged this week that state and local policies in Texas and around the country could be underplaying the severity of the virus and urged public health officials to take their case directly to the public. "If state and local policies […]

EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) -- The El Paso Department of Public Health reported 9 new coronavirus-related deaths Tuesday, bringing the death toll to 933 in El Paso County. The latest victims include: 1 man in his 60s1 woman in her 60s2 women in their 70s1 man in his 70s2 women in their 80s2 women in

The Thanksgiving weekend saw one of the largest gatherings in El Paso since the pandemic began. The scene at Red Sands over the holiday was just one of the concerns for the county judge, who's now preparing for what he says could be El Paso's worst post-holiday COVID-19 spike yet. Caption: Keenan Willard reports on large gatherings happening amid the pandemic. "It's obviously very disappointing," El Paso County…

EL PASO, Texas — Officials in El Paso County in Texas plan to impose a new curfew in hopes of combatting a surge in coronavirus cases that is overrunning the

Amid defiance of the directive to wear masks and avoid large public gatherings, Pakistan reported 59 more deaths and 2,665 new cases of COVID-19 on Sunday.

EL PASO, Texas -- The Texas National Guard has sent a 36-member team to El Paso to assist morgues in the border region with the number of dead as a result of COVID-19, the illness caused by the...

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A state appeals court shot down El Paso County's shelter-in-place orders, even as the West Texas community fills mobile morgues with coronavirus victims.

"I'm just extremely exhausted — emotionally, physically," Idali Cooper, a registered nurse, said at a press conference. "It's very demoralizing."

The already small number of female legislators in Jordan's parliament dropped even further on Thursday, while Islamist opposition parties also lost seats as ...

AUSTIN, Texas -- After his home and offices were raided by federal agents last year, a wealthy real estate investor in Austin got some help from a friend -- ...

El Paso health officials reported nine COVID-19 related deaths Tuesday morning. All nine patients had underlying health conditions. They include: 1 male in his 50s. 2 females in their 50s. 1 female in her 70s. 2 males in their 70s. 2 males in their 80s. 1 male in his 90s. El Paso County's death toll grew to 682 according the county's latest numbers. Officials also reported 1,292 new coronavirus infections, which…

Local restaurants, joined by the Texas attorney general's office, had asked a judge to halt the El Paso county judge's order closing nonessential businesses for two weeks during a new COVID-19 spike.

Manufacturer 3M said it's increasing production of N95 respirator masks as the United States experiences a shortage amid a surge of COVID-19 cases.