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City, county and hospital leaders discuss spike in COVID-19 cases
and last updated 2021-07-29 01:14:18-04
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas â With COVID-19 cases once again surging in the Coastal Bend, Corpus Christi, Nueces County, and local hospitals held a briefing Wednesday to update the public and urge them to get vaccinated.
âItâs as if the virus is fighting us back, Nueces County Judge Barbara Canales said. And we know that todayâs vaccines work against this crazy mutation that is known as the Delta variant.â
The Delta variant is a mutation of the original coronavirus strain and is responsible for increases in hospitalizations and deaths across the country and here locally.
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Nueces County Judge Barbara Canales and Public Health Director Annette Rodriguez on Friday urged the community to get vaccinated amid a rise in COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations.
The county has not only seen a steady increase of cases between June and July, but also an increase in hospitalizations, Rodriguez said.
In only a few days this week, the number of individuals hospitalized with COVID-19 in Nueces County increased by 245 percent, and those placed in intensive care increased by 155 percent. We knew and believed that the reason this happened was because of variants circulating in our community, Rodriguez said.
City of Corpus Christi working with Games of Texas to stress COVID-19 safety protocols
COVID-19 safety protocols will be stressed at Games of Texas
and last updated 2021-07-22 19:16:47-04
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas â The Games of Texas brings together athletes and spectators from all across the state, and this year, itâs taking place in Corpus Christi after it was cancelled last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
However, that doesnât mean that the event s organizers the Texas Amateur Athletic Federation, the City of Corpus Christi, and Nueces County are not afraid that the event will help the COVID-19 virus to spread.