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COVID-19 Hotline Information

A DSHS COVID-19 Call Center was established and an email box created to receive incoming questions from the general public.

Email: coronavirus@dshs.texas.gov

DSHS COVID-19 Call Center: 1-877-570-9779

Hours: 7:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m., Monday – Friday

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“5 Additional COVID-19 Recoveries in Ellis County”

April 16, 2020- I am proud to report five additional recovered cases of COVID-19 in Ellis County. This increases the countywide total to 17 recoveries.

These recoveries include a 26-year-old female of the City of Ennis, a 39-year-old female of the City of Glenn Heights, a 33-year-old female of the City of Midlothian, and two residents of the City of Waxahachie, including a 45 year-old female and a 55 year-old male. 

 As of this evening, The Local Health Authority has identified one confirmed positive and four probable cases of COVID-19 at a Midlothian residence. These new cases include a 55 year-old male, a 55 year-old female, a 31 year-old female, an 8 year-old male, and a 2 year-old female.

Additionally, The Local Health Authority has identified one confirmed positive of a 52 year-old male resident of the City of Waxahachie.

To protect the privacy of these individuals, no additional identifying information will be released

Please see the CDC definitions of a probable & confirmed case:

Probable- A case that meets the clinical case definition, has noncontributory or no serologic or virologic testing, and is not epidemiologically linked to a confirmed case

Confirmed Case- A case that is laboratory confirmed or that meets the clinical case definition and is epidemiologically linked to a confirmed case. (A laboratory-confirmed case does not need to meet the clinical case definition.)

 For more information please visit the CDC website at https://www.cdc.gov/csels/dsepd/ss1978/lesson1/section5.html

 Todd Little,

Ellis County Judge & Emergency Management Director