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Editor s Note: This article s headlines have been updated to reflect the City of Corpus Christi canceled the regular briefings at City Hall. This article was also updated to reflect that the Corpus Christi-Nueces County Public Health District will no longer report COVID-19 cases in the county on Saturdays and Sundays starting in June.
Amid a gradual return to normalcy in the tail end of the pandemic, Corpus Christi and Nueces County will no longer hold biweekly COVID-19 news briefings.
But officials will continue to keep the public informed about COVID developments, particularly as the vaccination effort continues.
The Corpus Christi-Nueces County Public Health District has been reporting COVID-19 cases and deaths in Nueces County on a daily basis since the start of the pandemic. As cases have diminished, the city announced Thursday that the health district will no longer report cases on Saturday and Sunday starting in June. Case counts will be published Monday t
New mental health care facility slated to open next spring
More resources are coming to the Coastal Bend to help address mental health.
and last updated 2021-05-20 21:23:11-04
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas â More resources are coming to the Coastal Bend to help address mental health.
Today, Christus Spohn Health System and Oceans Healthcare unveiled plans to build a new, state-of-the-art behavioral health unit at Christus Spohn Shoreline.
The two-floor unit will have 40 beds, along with the most up-to-date technology. Nearly 150 trained healthcare professionals will be on hand to help those who face mental health challenges. I think that when we talk about our community, we need to recognize that our wellness is part of our health,â Nueces County Judge Barbara Canales said.
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When Texas schools returned to in-person education last fall, the spread of the coronavirus “gradually but substantially accelerated,” leading to at least 43,000 additional cases and 800 additional deaths statewide, according to a study released Monday.
The study was done by University of Kentucky researchers for the nonpartisan National Bureau of Economic Research in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and tracked weekly average COVID-19 cases in the eight weeks before and eight weeks after the state’s school districts sent students back to school in the fall.
The researchers said the additional cases they tracked after students began returning to schools represented 12% of the state’s total cases during the eight weeks after reopening and 17% of deaths.
New Amazon facility announced in Nueces County
Unincorporated area near Robstown chosen for site
Local Amazon facility announced Friday
and last updated 2021-05-07 16:35:20-04
ROBSTOWN, Texas â UPDATE: (1 p.m.): Amazon s Last Mile Facility has been announced to be developed in Nueces County.
Nueces County Judge Barbara Canales announced the facility in a press conference Friday.
UPDATE (12:42 p.m.): Amazon officially announced Friday it will be basing a distribution facility in Robstown. We re appreciative of the people of Texas for so warmly embracing Amazon into the community, said Amazon economic development manager Jessica Breaux said. There are now over 70,000 Texans working at Amazon, and we are excited to be creating 100 additional jobs in Nueces County.