Laredo cases still high despite falling from record levels Jan. 18, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail Laredoans wait their turn at the COVID-19 Test Kiosk, Friday Nov. 13, 2020, at the Sophie Christen McKendrick, Francisco Ochoa, Fernando Salinas Branch Library.Danny Zaragoza, Staff Photographer / Laredo Morning Times Coming off a record week of new cases, positives remain high although they have started to drop from the astronomical heights they were previously at. On Monday, the City of Laredo announced in its public update an additional 191 positives and two deaths related to COVID-19. There have now been 34,690 positives and 565 deaths throughout the pandemic since its start locally last March.