30 Hidalgo County residents died Thursday following COVID-19 related complications on the same day the county reported 508 people tested positive for the virus. According to the county, the new cases bring the total number of positive cases to 21,275 with 911 deaths. “With a heavy heart I send my deepest condolences to the families of…

To prepare for a possible spike in reported COVID-19 cases, the Hidalgo County Commissioners Court approved several measures to supplement staffing needs by the Hidalgo County Health and Human Services Department. The measures were approved Wednesday, the same day the county reported 32 new COVID-19 related deaths and 336 new cases of the disease. This brings…

Hidalgo County health officials reported 20 people have died today due to complications related to COVID-19 and 283 others tested positive for the virus Tuesday. The total number of known positive cases is 20,431 with 4,484 of those marked as active. The county COVID-19 death count now stands at 849. “Even one death from COVID-19 is…

DHR Health is pleased to announce Fernando Membreño, M.D., MSc has joined the DHR Health Transplant Institute – Liver Specialty Center. He is board certified in Transplant Hepatology and devoted to caring for patients with liver diseases and focuses on advancing liver therapies for fatty liver and liver cancer through research. As part of the…

22 people died due to complications related to COVID-19 on the same day Hidalgo County surpassed the 20,000 count of known positive cases. The new number of total cases occurred after 407 people tested positive for the virus, Hidalgo County Judge Richard F. Cortez said in a Monday news release, bringing the total number of…

Those who have lost a loved one due to COVID-19 will now be eligible for up to $2,000 in funeral expenses from the county. On Monday, the county Hidalgo County announced the establishment of the Hidalgo County COVID Condolence Program to assist eligible individuals who have lost a loved one due to COVID-19 with up…

The death toll of COVID-19 related deaths added 17 more souls over the weekend, bringing the death total to 807. Hidalgo County Judge Richard F. Cortez announced the new number in a Sunday news release that said an additional 207 learned that they have tested positive for the COVID-19 virus on Sunday and Saturday. The…

A combined 504 new cases of COVID-19 were reported Friday in the counties of Hidalgo and Starr. 431 of those cases came from Hidalgo County, which also reported 25 new COVID-19 related deaths. The amount of known positive cases in Hidalgo County now stands at 19,534 with 4,499 of those cases marked as active. The…