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Comal ISD will launch an online forum next week to help parents decide between on-campus instruction or remote learning for the upcoming school year. In an email today, Supt. Andrew Kim said the district will ...
COVID-19 tightened its grip on Comal County this week with six deaths and 103 new cases confirmed today. Five of those who died lived at the Heights of Bulverde nursing home. The sixth, a man ...
Neighboring Guadalupe County confirmed 44 new cases of COVID-19 today and said there are at least 43 patients hospitalized with the virus at Guadalupe Regional Medical Center (GRMC) in Seguin. Not all of these patients ...
Comal County’s COVID-19 case count jumped to 989 this morning, with 82 new and confirmed cases reported on Tuesday. That number is expected to rise as Office of Public Health, which has been short-staffed since ...
Comal ISD Supt. Andrew Kim said today the University Interscholastic League (UIL) is canceling summer workouts, rehearsals, practices and instruction scheduled between July 3-12 over concerns that increased social interactions over the July 4 holiday ...
All Canyon Lake parks, boat ramps and outdoor recreation facilities are open for the July 4 holiday weekend. Tubing services cannot rent tubes but visitors can bring their own then pay to park and access ...
A hospitalized New Braunfels man in his 70s with a confirmed case of COVID-19 and underlying medical conditions died over the weekend, Comal County’s Office of Public Health said today. The county also confirmed 124 ...
Citing an alarming rise in COVID-19 cases, Comal County Judge Sherman Krause today signed an “unwelcome” order requiring all businesses in the county to develop safety plans that include wearing of face coverings for all ...
Comal County on Tuesday reported 56 new confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19 for a total of 654, bringing its positivity rate to 10.28 percent. Of the 56 cases, 55 are confirmed and one is ...
COVID-19 hasn’t canceled early voting in Comal County, which began Monday for the July 14 primary election runoffs. The Comal County Elections Office is providing hand sanitizer, disposable styluses and finger coverings for voters; sanitize ...
The Lodge at Turkey Cove has canceled its annual Fourth of July fireworks show, leaving Canyon Lake without any options for official celebrations. On Sunday, it confirmed the recent spike in COVID-19 cases left it ...
Comal County today, June 27, reported 46 new confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19, for a total of 598. Its positivity rate – the percentage of tests with a positive result – is now 9.72%, ...
Hays County on Friday expanded an order it issued just days ago to include a ban on outdoor gatherings of more than 100 people in unincorporated parts of the county. Hays County Judge Ruben Becerra’s ...
New Braunfels closed its river parks along the Comal and Guadalupe rivers today and postponed the city’s Fourth of July fireworks display in Landa Park. The closures only affect areas inside city limits. The announcement ...
Gov. Greg Abbott closed bars and tubing outfitters in an executive order this morning, but Canyon Lake’s county-operated boat ramps and parks will remain open. Comal County Judge Sherman Krause has not ordered any further ...
Comal County on Friday reported 48 new confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19. This brings the total number of cases in the county to 552, the county said in a statement. Comal County’s positivity rate ...
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) pleaded with the public today to help keep its 25 lake projects — including Canyon Lake — safe and trash-free. Without recreationalists’ cooperation, USACE’s Tim Miller, Forth Worth chief ...
Comal County’s Office of Public Health said in a statement today it is working to support The Heights of Bulverde, a nursing home specializing in assisted living, which has 23 COVID-19 cases. Eleven of the ...
As thousands of extra visitors surge into Canyon Lake this summer, leaving so much trash behind that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) is warning it may have to close more parks or trails, ...
Canyon Lake non-profit Operation Float a Soldier (OFAS), which provides boating, jet ski and fishing-and-lake activities for thousands of active and retired military personnel injured in the line of duty or suffering from post-traumatic stress ...
Comal County on Wednesday reported 52 new confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19 for a total of 471 and a positivity rate of 8.65 percent. Of the 52 cases, 42 are confirmed and 10 are ...
Face masks are now required inside New Braunfels city limits. New Braunfels Mayor Rusty Brockman today issued an order, effective immediately, mandating the use of face coverings for anyone over the age of 10 when ...
Startz Memorial VFW Post 8800 said today it is closing for 24 hours to sanitize its facility after a patron learned they had been in contact with someone who tested positive for COVID-19. The facility, ...
Comal County confirmed 52 new cases of COVID-19 and 21 additional probable cases on Tuesday, for a total of 419 cases reported since the pandemic began. “We are seeing rapid increases in both cases and ...
Comal County said two employees at its Office of Public Health (OPH) tested positive for COVID-19, forcing it to close its doors to the public for two weeks. Public exposure to the employees is believed ...
The number of confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19 in Comal County jumped overnight from 298 to 346. bringing the positivity rate to 7.11 percent. In a statement today, the county reportedd 40 new cases ...
Comal County on Thursday confirmed 21 new cases of COVID-19, bringing its positivity rate — the percentage of tests with a positive result — to 6.27 percent. No additional probable-cause cases were reported, the county ...
A New Braunfels man in his 50s who lived on the Guadalupe County side of the city has died of COVID-19. It’s Guadalupe County’s first COVID-19 death, Guadalupe County Emergency Management Coordinator Patrick Pinder said ...
Comal County added 12 new and seven probable of COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, bringing the tally to 277 cases. In a statement issued on Thursday, officials said fifteen of the newly reported cases are residents ...
With COVID-19 cases spiking in New Braunfels, Mayor Rusty Brockman on Wednesday urged residents and businesses to get used to a “new normal” and make masks, social distancing and diligent handwashing part of their everyday ...
Most of the 18 new cases of COVID-19 confirmed in Comal County on Tuesday are New Braunfels residents in their twenties. Although ages range from under 18 to their 60s, a plurality are in their ...
Comal County on Monday confirmed 38 new cases of COVID-19 for a total of 197 and 11 additional probable cases, for a total of 43. The county’s positivity rate — the percentage of tests with ...
Free drive-through COVID-19 testing returns to Bulverde/Spring Branch on Thursday at Bill Brown Elementary School, 20410 SH-46, Bulverde. Hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Registration opens on Tuesday, June 16. To make an appointment, ...
Nearby Hays County reported 69 new cases of COVID-19 on Monday, June 15, bringing its total of lab-confirmed cases to 938. There were 142 new cases reported on Saturday and another 54 cases on Sunday, ...
Comal County Tax Office in New Braunfels reopened this morning but its satellite offices in Sattler (Canyon Lake) and Bulverde remain closed. The county closed all of its tax offices on June 11 after an ...
All concerts at Whitewater Music Ampitheater, a music hotspot located on the Guadalupe River at FM 306, are canceled through July #theshowmustbepaused. June 20 – Sheryl Crow, canceled. Refunds issued within 40 days. June 27 ...
Comal County on Friday, June 12, confirmed eight new cases of COVID-19, for a total of 159, and seven additional probable cases, for a total of 32. The increase in positive cases, both confirmed and ...
Comal County yesterday confirmed 10 new and seven additional probable cases of COVID-19, pushing Comal County’s positivity rate up more than one percentage point since the beginning of the week. The increase in positive cases, ...
Comal County confirmed four new cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday, for a total of 141. The increase in positive cases, both confirmed and probable, has pushed Comal County’s positivity rate – the percentage of tests ...
Comal County closed its New Braunfels tax office this morning after an employee tested positive for COVID-19. The tax office will remain closed for the remainder of the week. As a precaution, the county also ...
Comal County on Tuesday, June 10 confirmed three new cases of COVID-19 and five additional probable cases. The three confirmed cases are a New Braunfels resident in their 50s, a Bulverde-area resident in their 30s, ...
Be not afraid. Comal County Elections Administrator Cynthia Jaqua said today that residents can rest assured the county is doing everything it can to help them vote without fear of contracting COVID-19 during voting for ...
Comal County confirmed 13 new cases of COVID-19 today, June 9, but said there are another 13 “probable cases” after the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) expanded its reporting criteria to treat confirmed ...
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Hays and Blanco counties.Here is House District 45's daily case count as of 7pm Central, August 11th, 2020 per the CDC, Texas Department of State Health Services, Hays County Health Department, and Blanco County Emergency Management.
In a statement today, Comal County’s Office of Public Health also confirmed eight other deaths related to COVID-19, and reported 88 new cases of the disease.
Canyon Lake Woman in her 80s Dies of COVID-19 | My Canyon Lake
A Canyon Lake woman in her 80s died in a San Antonio hospital Aug. 3 of COVID-19. Comal County reported eight other deaths and 88 new cases.