COVID 19 INFORMATION

Your City of Canton Emergency Management team, Mayor and Council are monitoring the progression of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) and its potential impact on the community and city services.

To increase awareness and educate the public, the city has provided the following information.

Coronavirus (COVID-19)- The novel coronavirus, named SARS-CoV2 (COVID-19), is a respiratory virus that was first detected in Wuhan City, Hubei Province, China in December 2019 and now has been detected globally, including in the United States.

For COVID information, visit the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC's) website, www.cdc.gov.  

For COVID testing and vaccine locations, visit https://www.dshs.texas.gov/coronavirus/

Links and information from the City of Canton:

• Renewal of Mayoral Declaration- 1/1/2021
• Renewal of Mayoral Declaration- 12/1/2020
• Renewal of Mayoral Declaration- 11/1/2020
• Renewal of Mayoral Declaration- 9/27/2020
• Renewal of Mayoral Declaration- 8/28/2020
• Mayoral Declaration Regarding Events within the City- 7/29/2020
• City of Canton Resolution 2020-17
• City's latest Local State of Disaster Declaration Posted 4/3/20
• 1st Amended Proclamation Declaring a Local State of Disaster from Van Zandt County Posted 4/1/20
• Mayoral Declaration of Local State of Disaster Updated 3/24/20
• Public Service Announcement Posted 3/17/20
• PUBLIC CLOSINGS: None

Links and information from Van Zandt County:

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Links and information from the State of Texas:

• Governor Abbott's GA-38- 7/29/2021
• Governor Abbott's GA-36- 5/18/2021
• Governor Abbott's GA-35- 4/5/2021
• Governor Abbott's GA-34- 3/2/2021
• Texas Health & Human Services Update- 2/5/2021
• Governor Abbott's GA-32- 10/7/2020
• Governor Abbott's GA-31- 9/17/2020
• Governor Abbott's GA-30- 9/17/2020
• Governor Abbott's GA-29- 7/2/2020
• Governor Abbott's Amended GA-28- 7/2/2020
• Governor Abbott's GA-28- 6/26/2020
• Governor Abbott's GA-26- 6/3/2020
• Governor Abbott's GA-23- 5/26/2020
• Governor Abbott's GA-21- 5/5/2020
• Governor Abbott's rulings - https://gov.texas.gov/organization/opentexas
• Governor Abbot's GA-19 - 4-27-2020
• Governor Abbott extends State Disaster Declaration Posted 4/13/2020
• Guidance for Houses of Worship During the COVID-19 Crisis from the Texas Attorney General Posted 4/6/2020
• Link to determine if you are an "essential service" as defined by Texas Executive Order GA-14  Posted 4/3/20
• Texas Health and Human Services launches COVID-19 Mental Health Support Line Posted 4/1/20 

Other Resources:

• Canton Economic Development Business & Worker Resources Posted 3/27/20​
• Christus Trinity Mother Frances resource link Posted 3/25/20