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COVID milestone for Bexar County - 200,000 people have been fully vaccinated, more than the total number infected during the pandemic
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Dominique De La Rosa receives an infusion of monoclonal antibodies to battle COVID-19 at the Freeman Coliseum complex on Friday, Jan. 15, 2021. San Antonio s health care system is in crisis from the latest COVID-19 surge, and hospitals and local officials are doing everything they can to prevent the crisis from becoming a disaster.Billy Calzada, Staff / Billy Calzada
San Antonio marked a milestone Saturday in its response to the coronavirus pandemic: The number of people fully vaccinated now exceeds the total number who were infected by the virus over the past year.
The San Antonio Metropolitan Health District reported 199,673 total COVID-19 cases and 2,868 total deaths in Bexar County, an increase of 84 new cases as of Saturday. Four new deaths were reported today.
San Antonio reports 158 new COVID cases, three more deaths
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Karen McClean, 68, gets a Moderna COVID-19 vaccine at WellMed’s Elvira Cisneros Senior Community Center on Feb. 22.Jerry Lara /San Antonio Express-News
San Antonio’s coronavirus numbers continue to improve as local officials reported only 158 newly diagnosed cases and three more deaths Friday.
The city’s risk level is now classified as “low” and “improving.”
The seven-day rolling average of new cases has now dropped to 168 per day. That’s down substantially from the average of 746 per day reported one month ago, and the average of a staggering 1,791 per day just two months ago.
A year after a pandemic was declared, almost 200,000 in San Antonio have contracted COVID-19
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Medical Assistant Crystal Casias removes her gown after testing a woman who remained in her car, for COVID-19 at University Health s Southwest ISD School-based Health Clinic in San Antonio on Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2021.Lisa Krantz /Staff photographer
It’s been a year since the World Health Organization declared the spread of the coronavirus had become a pandemic.
In that time, almost 200,000 people in Bexar County have contracted the virus 366 new cases were reported Thursday. Five more deaths were reported, pushing the total since the pandemic was declared to 2,861.