Copperas Cove issues vaccine survey, Bell County now local vaccination hub

By LYNETTE SOWELL Cove Leader-Press   As a vaccine for the COVID-19 is becoming available in the state of Texas, the city of Copperas Cove on Wednesday evening issued notice of a local Coronavirus (COVID‐19) Vaccine Interest Survey.

Area hospitalizations for COVID-19 remain above 20% mark, but local active cases are down

By LYNETTE SOWELL  Cove Leader-Press    Hospitalizations for COVID-19 in our local Trauma Service Area have remained above the 15-percent mark since Dec. 29 and were at 22.8  percent as of Jan. 9, with greater than 1 in 5 patients locally being hospitalized with the COVID-19 virus.

Locals must wait until COVID-19 vaccines more widely available

By LYNETTE SOWELL Cove Leader-Press    Locals in the Copperas Cove and Coryell County area who want to receive the COVID-19 vaccination, either the Pfizer or Moderna vaccines, will have to continue to wait a bit longer, even if they are within the “Phase 1b” of the vaccine rollout.

Coryell County restaurants, businesses must decrease capacity to 50%

By LYNETTE SOWELL  Cove Leader-Press    On Wednesday afternoon, Coryell County Judge Roger Miller issued an order that as of 11:59 p.m. Wednesday evening, all restaurants and businesses in Coryell County must reduce capacity to 50 percent, per Gov. Abbott’s Executive Order GA-32, enacted on Oct.

Coryell County EMC: look for continued COVID case surge mid-January

By LYNETTE SOWELL Cove Leader-Press    The numbers for positive COVID-19 cases have continued to surge throughout the month of December within Coryell County.  Although the county has not updated its online COVID-19 tracker since Dec.

Local H-E-B pharmacies among those receiving first doses of Moderna COVID-19 vaccines this week

By LYNETTE SOWELL Cove Leader-Press    As the first doses of COVID-19 vaccinations were distributed last week in Texas, the Texas Department of State Health Services announced this week’s rollout of the newly-approved COVID-19 vaccinations from Moderna.  Along with the Copperas Cove H-E-B Plus!

As FDA approves emergency use authorization of first COVID-19 vaccine, local cases continue

By LYNETTE SOWELL Cove Leader-Press    The Federal Food and Drug Administration has issued emergency use authorization of a COVID-19 vaccine from Pfizer Pharmaceuticals, but locals shouldn’t expect to see a vaccine available to the general public anytime soon.

Month of November saw active cases of COVID-19 increase in Coryell County

By LYNETTE SOWELL Cove Leader-Press    From Oct. 30 to Nov. 30, the total number of positive COVID-19 cases in Coryell County rose by 482, from 827 to 1,309. Active cases rose from 131 to 390. Those numbers are as per the COVID-19 tracker which is updated by Coryell County.

Coryell County continues to see spike in new active COVID-19 cases

By LYNETTE SOWELL Cove Leader-Press    Coryell County has now reached the point of an average of 47 new cases daily per 100,000 people as of Saturday, Nov. 28, according to the Brown University School of Public Health’s risk levels dashboard.

Coryell County seeing “highest infection rate” since tracking began

By LYNETTE SOWELL Cove Leader-Press    Coryell County Judge Roger Miller updated the county commissioners on the COVID-19 outlook within Coryell county.  “The numbers in Coryell County are going up at a concerning rate.