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Herald Democrat
Grayson County will no longer be holding COVID-19 shot clinics at the old Sherman High School as it attempts moves away from the crisis management part of its vaccination duties with regard to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Beginning June 1, there will no longer be shots given at the old Sherman High School. COVID-19 vaccinations will be offered on Tuesdays at the Health Department from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on a walk in basis. We have done our part, said Grayson County Judge Bill Magers during Tuesday s meeting of the Grayson County Commissioners. When the vaccines were in short supply and the distribution chains were limited to take the lead and make sure that Grayson County residents had a reliable source of vaccinations. There are now other opportunities out there for folks to get vaccinations. The private sector is doing their part and so we are going to move away from mass vaccinations to just putting it into our Health Department wellness services like we would
staff reports
While the number of people being vaccinated against COVID-19 in the county continues to grow, the number of people dying from the illness has stayed the same for the last week. The county has now lost 365 people to COVID-19 related deaths.
There were 26 active COVID-19 cases in Grayson County residents on Wednesday.
A report from the Grayson County Office of Emergency Management and the Health Department shows that there have been 11,331 test confirmed cases of the virus in county people as of Wednesday. There have been 108,33` total tests performed in the county.
The following statics were also provided:
A hot summer could be on the way for Texoma
Herald Democrat
The North Texas and Southern Oklahoma area has seen its share of rough weather over the last few weeks but the spring severe weather season is almost over.
National Weather Service Meteorologist Allison Prater said while there can be severe storms any time of the year, this area s most active time for them is from March through May.
That is when the area generally sees its most unstable weather patterns move through. However, a look at statistically based maps provided by the NWS shows that North Texas and Southern Oklahoma are part of a region of the country that remains susceptible to strong storms all summer long and in fact, sees a secondary higher risk of severe storms in the late summer and early fall. Those same maps show that severe storms, even tornados, are more possible in that area all year round than in some other parts of the country.
Herald Democrat
Grayson County hit a new COVID-19 milestone Thursday. The county reported no new cases of COVID-19 that day.
The county s COVID-19 active case count on Thursday was 15. There are still people being tested of course, Grayson County Health Department Director Amanda Ortez said Thursday. But they are all coming back as negative at this juncture. They re negative but they are still making sure to do their due diligence if they have any kind of symptoms that s associated with COVID-19 that they are going to get tested. But today is one of the first days in over a year that we have had zero positive cases.