Heading in the right direction - San Antonio s coronavirus cases continue to drop
May 6, 2021
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This week’s slowdown of coronavirus transmission in Bexar County continued to improve as local officials on Thursday reported fewer than 200 new cases for the third day in a row.
Thursday’s 189 new cases brought the seven-day rolling average down to 205 per day from 227 on Wednesday. That average considered a more reliable indicator of local transmission trends than daily case counts had remained relatively stable since mid-March. It peaked at 2,260 in January, when the pandemic was at its worst here.
The number of people receiving treatment for COVID-19 in area hospitals has also started to level off in the first week of May after having increased by about 50 percent during April.
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.
West side hit hard by pandemic, but data shows few residents have received the vaccine
The west side has been hard hit by the coronavirus pandemic, but data shows few residents have received the vaccine and it’s not for lack of trying. Author: Mariah Medina (KENS5) Updated: 9:43 AM CST February 5, 2021
SAN ANTONIO Finding better ways to connect the elderly and those without phone or internet access to the coronavirus vaccine has been the subject of much discussion.
However, in the meantime, one local leader is going straight to the doorsteps of those individuals, making sure they’re not left behind in the county’s vaccination efforts.
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Currently Reading Moonlighting - Justin Rodriguez is both a Bexar County commissioner and a bond lawyer, and that s perfectly legal in Texas
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Commissioner Justin Rodriguez greets new Commissioner Trish DeBerry prior to swearing-in ceremonies shortly New Year s Day in the Bexar County Courthouse.Robin Jerstad, San Antonio Express-News / ContributorShow MoreShow Less
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Bexar County Pct. 2 Commissioner Justin Rodriguez talks during the daily COVID-19 update, Thursday, Dec. 17, 2020. Joining Rodriguez were San Antonio Mayor Ron Nirenberg and San Antonio Metro Health Interim Director Colleen Bridger.Jerry Lara, Staff / San Antonio Express-NewsShow MoreShow Less
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University Health appeals for patience as it awaits more doses of COVID vaccine
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CVS Pharmacist Gilbert Barraza fills injection needles with a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine to be administered to residents and staff at Morningside Ministries on Tuesday, December 29, 2020. While residents in long-term care facilities are at the top priority for vaccinations, University Health opened up the Moderna vaccine for the second tier for inoculations people 65 or older and those with critical medical conditions.Matthew Busch /For The San Antonio Express-News
About 5:30 p.m. on New Year’s Eve, University Health made an announcement people across the region had been waiting for: