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The Bell County Public Health District announced six new COVID-19 related deaths on Wednesday, as active cases fell to 399 — 26 fewer than Tuesday. These fatalities, which were identified after death records were received from the state of Texas, increased Bell County’s COVID-19 death toll to 356, Health District Director Amanda Robison-Chadwell said. A woman in her 70s from Temple, two men in their 90s from Temple, a woman aged 99-plus from Temple, a woman in her 40s from Harker Heights and a man in his 80s from Bell County were among the latest deaths, according to the health dist...

Although the Bell County Public Health District planned to regularly update its COVID-19 dashboard this week, weather-related issues prevented local health officials from releasing figures Wednesday afternoon.“Due to the weather

Although shelters and warming stations could lead to new COVID-19 cases, Amanda Robison-Chadwell, the Bell County Public Health District’s director, said residents should still seek services if they cannot shelter

County spokesman James Stafford told the Telegram that Pfizer notified Bell County regarding the shipment delay. “Our shipment has not left Kalamazoo, Michigan,” he said. “We got a notification from Pfizer that they are not going to ship doses until they know that it can get here on time” Stafford said shipments from Pfizer are packaged with dry ice, and need to arrive at its destination within 24 hours in order to maintain the vaccines’ ultra-cold storage. “Dry ice is needed to maintain proper temperatures in the thermal shipping container,” according to in...

Six more Bell County residents are reported to have died from COVID-19, as the region’s active cases fell to 1,266 active cases — the fewest concurrent infections since early December.