One of the clearest ways to compare the local impact this year’s Delta COVID variant is having on Hidalgo County compared to the original Alpha strain that hammered us last year, is to look at how many kids and teens are now catching the virus. Out of the 389 positive COVID cases listed by Hidalgo County Tuesday, Sept. 21, approximately 60 percent involved those in the age group 0 to 19 years. A year ago, of the 164 positive cases reported Sept. 23, the young demographic pool infected with COVID stood at 8.5 percent. Across the state, Texas Department of Health and Human ...