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According to a press release from the county, 33 residents have died due to complications related to COVID-19 and 813 people tested positive for the virus, Hidalgo County Judge Richard F. Cortez said Thursday. The total number of positive cases is 14,589. “I send my sincere condolences to these 33 families for the loss of their loved…

As the death toll reaches 400, 33 residents have died today due to complications related to COVID-19, Hidalgo County Judge Richard F. Cortez said Wednesday. According to a press release from the county, another 650 have tested positive for the virus, bringing the total number of positive cases to 13,776. “I am truly saddened by the…

Officials have reported a single-day high record of deaths due to complications related to the coronavirus. According to a press release from Hidalgo County Health, officials reported 49 deaths due to complications related to the novel coronavirus. Hidalgo County Judge Richard F. Cortez said Tuesday another 339 people tested positive, bringing the total number of positive…

In Hidalgo County, 34 people died from coronavirus-related complications today, while 524 have tested positive. In a press release from the county, they report the death toll to be over 300 people. Hidalgo County Health Officials reported 34 residents have died due to complications related to COVID-19 and 524 more people tested positive for the virus,…

A press release from the city confirmed today that Mission Mayor Dr. Armando O’caña has tested positive for the coronavirus. The release stated that following CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) guidance, O’caña is self-isolating at home “and the City of Mission is taking appropriate steps to notify and quarantine others who may have been…

Hidalgo County residents who have tested positive for COVID-19 are ordered to remain at home under a 14-day quarantine period. The county order was announced after a Sunday virtual press conference from the county announcing that over 1,000 new cases already been reported in Hidalgo County this weekend due to the disease. The county revealed the final…

A day after a judge dismissed a lawsuit requesting a new election for the Democratic nominee for Hidalgo County Precinct 3, outgoing commissioner Jose “Joe” Flores filed an appeal. The appeal, filed Thursday, asks that visiting Judge Jose Manuel Bañales reconsider his dismissal to hold a trial to contest the results of the March 2020…

27 more Hidalgo County residents died from COVID-19 related complications Friday, the same day the county passed the 70,000 mark on COVID-19 tests administered. 451 people tested positive bringing the total number of positive cases to 10,943 out of 72,521 administered tests. The deaths bring the county COVID-19 death count to  267, the county said in…

Community mourns two slain McAllen police officers In the face of a pandemic, two police officers died while doing their duty. That’s the message McAllen police Chief Victor Rodriguez had during a Saturday press conference that occurred the same day two officers in his department were shot while responding to a disturbance that afternoon. Edelmiro…

Finding out that the Mission Regional Medical Center made a list of the top 100 hospitals in the nation was bittersweet for the entire staff, who have been working around the clock throughout the coronavirus pandemic. On July 2, 2020 Fortune published their list of IBM Watson Health 100 Top Hospitals. Following nearly four years…