August 18, 2020 - The Shelby County Emergency Management office reports as of 8:00am on Tuesday, August 18, 2020, TxDSHS has reported 2 new cases and the cumulative case count is now 408. The death count is 14 for Shelby County. (The DSHS website dashboard shows 18 deaths for Shelby County as of Aug 5th.)
According to the state's algorithm to determine recoveries, no new recoveries were reported and the total of recoveries is 370. The number of active cases is 24.
Breakdown of cumulative cases by zip code and ages:
August 16, 2020 - FM 2026 (Folsom Chapel Road) was the scene of a major two-vehicle collision which resulted in multiple fatalities Sunday, August 16, 2020, at 5:40pm.
August 17, 2020 - The Shelby County Emergency Management office reports as of 10:16am on Monday, August 17, 2020, TxDSHS has reported no new cases and the cumulative case count remains 406. The death count is 14 for Shelby County. (The DSHS website dashboard shows 18 deaths for Shelby County as of Aug 5th.)
According to the state's algorithm to determine recoveries, 24 new recoveries were reported and the total of recoveries increases to 370. The number of active cases is 22.
Breakdown of cumulative cases by zip code and ages:
August 14, 2020 - The Shelby County Emergency Management office reports as of 8:46am on Friday, August 14, 2020, TxDSHS has reported 1 new case and the cumulative case count is now 406. The death count is 14 for Shelby County. (The DSHS website dashboard shows 18 deaths for Shelby County as of Aug 5th.)
According to the state's algorithm to determine recoveries, nine new recoveries were reported and the total of recoveries increases to 346. The number of active cases is 46.
Breakdown of cumulative cases by zip code and ages:
August 13, 2020 - Two fire departments, law enforcement, and emergency responders were paged to two back-to-back crashes on SH 7 Wednesday evening, August 12, 2020.
August 13, 2020 - The Shelby County Emergency Management office reports as of 8:25am on Thursday, August 13, 2020, TxDSHS has reported 4 new cases and the cumulative case count is now 405. The death count is 14 for Shelby County. (The DSHS website dashboard shows 18 deaths for Shelby County as of Aug 5th.)
According to the state's algorithm to determine recoveries, four new recoveries were reported and the total of recoveries increases to 337. The number of active cases is 54.
Breakdown of cumulative cases by zip code and ages:
August 12, 2020 - TxDOT crews will be seal coating Thursday, August 13, and Monday, August 17, in Shelby County on US 59 from SH 87 to the Rusk County line. Motorists are urged to reduce speed and obey all traffic control.
August 12, 2020 - The Shelby County Emergency Management office reports as of 8:35am on Wednesday, August 12, 2020, TxDSHS has reported no new cases and the cumulative case count remains at 401. The death count is 14 for Shelby County. (The DSHS website dashboard shows 18 deaths for Shelby County as of Aug 5th.)
According to the state's algorithm to determine recoveries, no new recoveries were reported over the weekend and the total of recoveries remains at 333. The number of active cases is 54.
August 11, 2020 - The Shelby County Emergency Management office reports as of 7:30am on Tuesday, August 11, 2020, TxDSHS has reported 4 new cases raising the cumulative case count to 401. The death count is 14 for Shelby County. (The DSHS website dashboard shows 18 deaths for Shelby County as of Aug 5th.)
According to the state's algorithm to determine recoveries, 17 new recoveries were reported over the weekend and the total of recoveries is at 333. The number of active cases is now 54.
August 10, 2020 - A truck-tractor pulling a live haul trailer overturned on FM 2427 Monday, August 10 at 12:40pm and blocked the roadway until the scene was cleared at 5:20pm.