Never in Risa Castloo’s darkest imagination did she think she would be barred from witnessing the birth of her first grandchild, but as with most things amid the COVID-19 outbreak, that was her reality Tuesday.
Meanwhile, local hospitals and people involved in emergency management are bracing for the growing pandemic.
As of Wednesday afternoon, the total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Northeast Texas reached nine. The first of those cases — a male patient who presented March 3 at Christus Good Shepherd Health System — was confirmed in Gregg County on March 9 and remains the county’s lone positive case.
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