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UPDATE: Upshur County COVID-19 case was misclassified, county judge says; Morris County reports first case

Upshur County Judge Todd Tefteller said the Texas Department of State Health Services informed him of its error Sunday afternoon.
Credit: WNEP

UPSHUR COUNTY, Texas — A confirmed case of COVID-19 that had been reported late Friday as Upshur County's first was placed in the wrong county. Its location isn't clear, however.

County Judge Todd Tefteller said the Texas Department of State Health Services informed him of its error Sunday afternoon.

Tefteller said he was not told which county the case was being placed in. However, Morris County Judge Doug Reeder said the state health department has confirmed a case there, his county's first.

Read more from CBS19's newspaper partner, the Longview News-Journal.

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