The San Antonio Metropolitan Health District reported 112,218 total COVID-19 cases and 1,510 total deaths in Bexar County, an increase of 1,282 new cases as of Sunday. Two new deaths were reported today.
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People take coronavirus tests at a COVID-19 pop-up testing site on South Zarzamora Street in San Antonio on Dec. 18.Jerry Lara /Staff photographer
The coronavirus remains a dire threat in San Antonio and Bexar County just days before Christmas with the virus accounting for nearly a quarter of all local hospitalizations, officials said Monday.
Of all the patients in San Antonio hospitals, 23.2 percent are sick with the virus. That’s up from 19.9 percent one week ago and from 16 percent two weeks ago.
Coronavirus update San Antonio, Dec. 20: Officials report 538 new COVID-19 cases, no new deaths
There are 14% of staffed beds available and 60% of ventilators available
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San Antonio photographer Sophia Mattos captured photos of an empty downtown on Saturday, April 18, 2020, which would have been the first Saturday of Fiesta if not for the coronavirus pandemic. (Sophia Mattos)
SAN ANTONIO – The San Antonio Metropolitan Health District reported 102,164 total COVID-19 cases and 1,455 total deaths in Bexar County, an increase of 538 new cases as of Sunday. No new deaths were reported today.
The city’s total case count also includes 804 backlogged electronic lab reports, according to Metro Health. The death toll includes a backlog of 13 deaths from November 17- November 30,2020.
Coronavirus update San Antonio, Dec. 19: Officials report 744 new COVID-19 cases, no new deaths
There are 11% of staffed beds available and 60% of ventilators available.
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Coronavirus in San Antonio | Illustration by Henry Keller (KSAT)
SAN ANTONIO – The San Antonio Metropolitan Health District reported 100,822 total COVID-19 cases and 1,442 total deaths in Bexar County, an increase of 744 new cases as of Saturday. No new deaths were reported today.
The city’s total case count also includes 51 backlogged electronic lab reports, according to Metro Health.
COVID-19 Update: December 19
Our thoughts are with the 824 neighbors battling COVID-19 in the hospital this.Posted by Mayor Ron Nirenberg on Saturday, December 19, 2020
COVID-19 is spreading, Mayor Nirenberg cautions; city reports 744 new cases
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Melissa Wyatt, from left, RN and occupational health nurse, watches COVID-19 vaccines being administered as RN and nursing director Debbie Kelly and Vanessa Magel, RN and administrative director of acute and intermediate services, wait their turn for the vaccine at Northeast Baptist Hospital in San Antonio on Dec. 17, 2020.Lisa Krantz, Staff / Staff photographer
For a second day in a row, there were fewer than 1,000 new coronavirus cases and no new deaths reported in Bexar County.
But officials are concerned that with schools out and government offices closed for the holidays, ever-higher increases could be just around the corner.