San Antonio breaks COVID-19 hospitalization record for third time this week
Jan. 7, 2021
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Paramedic Katheryn Wieding cleans the Superior Mobile Health ambulance after transferring a patient to a hospital on July 14 in San Antonio.Lisa Krantz /Staff photographer
For the third day in a row Thursday, San Antonio set new records for the number of people hospitalized with COVID-19 and for the number of people newly admitted to city hospitals to be treated for the disease caused by the coronavirus.
City and county officials for weeks have been warning that local hospitals will soon become overwhelmed if hospitalizations continue to increase at the current rate. Only 10 percent of the city’s hospital beds are still available for new patients.
San Antonio surpasses 110,000 COVID-19 cases; 1,000 people hospitalized with the virus
Dec. 27, 2020
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Hospitalizations for the coronavirus in San Antonio are now approaching the level of the summer surge. Superior Mobile Health paramedics George Lombardo and Katheryn Wieding, right, transport a woman they were told was COVID-19 positive from an assisted living facility to a hospital in July in San Antonio.Lisa Krantz /Staff photographer
San Antonio’s total of coronavirus cases has surpassed 110,000 since March, and the city is on the verge of new business restrictions as hospitals admit a growing number of patients with COVID-19.
After three days of no coronavirus updates because of Christmas, city officials Sunday reported 4,426 new infections since Wednesday and 1,000 people in local hospitals, up from 945.
Express Briefing: Rural hospitals begging for vaccine
Dec. 28, 2020
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First United Methodist Church Pastor David Bachelor prays over registered nurses Monique Reyna, left, and Krystal Moreno before they get the first Moderna COVID-19 vaccines at Frio Regional Hospital in Pearsall. Half of the state’s rural hospitals have not received vaccine shipments. Nurse Mirta Martinez helped give the shots.Jerry Lara /San Antonio Express-News
Express Briefing: Family sues over jail death of mentally ill S.A. man who lost 104 pounds
Dec. 17, 2020
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The family of Fernando Macias, the mentally ill 61-year-old man who died in the downtown jail two years ago, has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the Bexar County Sheriff’s Office and University Hospital System.
Late fall COVID-19 surge in San Antonio worsens
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In a worsening surge, about 92 percent of coronavirus infections in San Antonio are being transmitted through close contacts a red flag as Christmas and New Year’s Eve approach, officials said Wednesday.
At their daily briefing, Bexar County Judge Nelson Wolff and Mayor Ron Nirenberg warned that the epidemic is far from over and could worsen significantly in the coming weeks and months, even as health care systems here and across the country have begun to receive shipments of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine.