Texas Public Radio
Rosa Torres writes the name of her son David Alvarado, who died from COVID-19 at the age of 53 last July.
A new memorial to the victims of COVID-19 has been set up in Downtown San Antonio.
The installation — called Deep In Our Hearts — contains more than 3,400 hearts on a chain fence that border two full city blocks around HemisFair at South Alamo and Market streets. One red heart for every person that has died in Bexar County, as of Thursday, that number is 3,457.
It's the first visual representation of the lives lost during the pandemic. Most of the hearts are blank but the public is invited to write the names of their loved ones, attach a picture, or write a prayer on a heart.