{"id":863491,"date":"2020-03-29T15:33:06","date_gmt":"2020-03-29T20:33:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/?p=863491"},"modified":"2020-03-30T16:47:51","modified_gmt":"2020-03-30T21:47:51","slug":"rusk-county-reports-3rd-covid-19-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=863491","title":{"rendered":"New Cases of COVID-19 in Rusk, Henderson, Cherokee Counties"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2020\/03\/66142584_10156585203872183_1850072384116097024_n-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-863492\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2020\/03\/66142584_10156585203872183_1850072384116097024_n-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2020\/03\/66142584_10156585203872183_1850072384116097024_n-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2020\/03\/66142584_10156585203872183_1850072384116097024_n-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2020\/03\/66142584_10156585203872183_1850072384116097024_n-450x450.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2020\/03\/66142584_10156585203872183_1850072384116097024_n.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>EAST TEXAS \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Rusk County is reporting its third case of COVID-19. According to our news partner KETK, the new case and others bring the number of reported COVID-19 cases in East Texas to 49. Meantime, Cherokee County has reported its second case. The Cherokee County case is travel related, according to the Cherokee County Public Health Department, and the patient is recovering at home under isolation. Also, Henderson County is reporting its first COVID-19 case. In letter, Henderson County officials say, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153The patient has not had any travel history and is believed to have contracted the virus due to community spread.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d The patient is not hospitalized, the letter said, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153and is in her home with her family, who will be quarantined.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d <!--more-->   <\/p>\n<p>A statement from the Rusk County Office of Emergency Management reads, in part, as follows:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Texas Department of State Health Service (DSHS) informed Rusk County and City of Henderson officials late Friday evening that a third Rusk County resident has tested positive for the COVID-19 coronavirus. This case is travel related and the person is currently isolated at home. State officials are conducting follow up interviews with people known to have had contact with the infected person.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>The statement continues, &#8220;Protecting our most vulnerable residents is the county\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s and city\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s top priority. As new cases are identified, county and city officials are meeting on a daily basis, monitoring the spread and deciding how best to respond. Thankfully, most Rusk County and Henderson residents are voluntarily staying at home and limiting their travel to essential needs only. This can dramatically slow the spread of the virus and help avoid the need for a mandatory \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Go Home and Stay Home\u00e2\u20ac\u009d order from local officials.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>You can go to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/RuskCountyOEM\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/RuskCountyOEM\/<\/a> for more information.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>EAST TEXAS \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Rusk County is reporting its third case of COVID-19. According to our news partner KETK, the new case and others bring the number of reported COVID-19 cases in East Texas to 49. Meantime, Cherokee County has reported its second case. The Cherokee County case is travel related, according to the Cherokee County &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=863491\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">New Cases of COVID-19 in Rusk, Henderson, Cherokee Counties<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":863492,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-863491","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news-archive-archives"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-03 23:58:54","action":"change-status","newStatus":"trash","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/863491","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/62"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=863491"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/863491\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":863559,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/863491\/revisions\/863559"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/863492"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=863491"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=863491"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=863491"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}