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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.
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The San Antonio Alliance and other local teacher groups advocated for a more cautious approach to school reopening since the summer.
The union that represents teachers at the San Antonio Independent School District disagreed with recent comments made by Superintendent Pedro Martinez.
In an interview with TPR, Martinez said it was “hypocritical” and “cruel” to tell families in his district to return to remote instruction because the pandemic exacerbated the inequities his students already faced.
“They re basically being scared to keep [their] children at home, right? Meanwhile, white middle class families, upper class families they have their children in school, and they re not getting a higher rate of transmission,” Martinez said.