Texas halts reporting active, recovered COVID-19 cases

The Texas Department of Health Services will no longer report active or recovered COVID-19 cases as of Jan. 14. The Lampasas City Council received the news through an update Monday. COURTESY OF DSHS
The Texas Department of Health Services will no longer report active or recovered COVID-19 cases as of Jan. 14. The Lampasas City Council received the news through an update Monday. COURTESY OF DSHS

Interested in checking the Texas Department of State Health Services COVID-19 dashboard to find local case numbers? Don’t expect to see active or recovered cases listed any longer at the site.

Lampasas Fire Chief Jeff Smith reported the change during the Lampasas City Council workshop Monday evening. Smith also serves as the city’s emergency management coordinator.

The state’s COVID-19 dashboard cha…