Coastal Bend businesses at risk of rollbacks as COVID-19 case counts, hospitalizations rise
As we continue to see COVID-19 case numbers rise in the Coastal Bend, we are also seeing more hospitalizations. Author: Mariah Gallegos (KIII TV) Published: 7:45 PM CST January 15, 2021 Updated: 7:46 PM CST January 15, 2021
NUECES COUNTY, Texas Nueces County may be nearing the state mandated hospital threshold, which would push businesses to 50-percent capacity. This is a disease which is on its rise, said Dr. Salim Surani with Christus Spohn Health Systems. We are in the third surge in the community and the country.
While still in the midst of a COVID-19 surge, case numbers and hospitalizations don t seem to be slowing down any time soon.
Dr. Salim Surani gets the COVID-19 vaccine
Local pulmonologist, Dr. Salim Surani, said it himself on Thursday evening in a social media post, calling it the beginning of the end. Author: James Ayala, Ashley Gonzalez (KIII) Published: 6:33 PM CST December 17, 2020 Updated: 10:14 PM CST December 17, 2020
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas The coronavirus vaccine has hit the Coastal Bend area and front line workers have been some of the first to receive it.
A source of insight, advice and knowledge over the course of the coronavius pandemic, 3News Medical Expert Dr. Salim Surani took to Facebook the moment he received his COVID-19 vaccine. You will see the health care workers and everyone rolling up their sleeves, taking up the vaccine with a smile, with jubilance, with the happiness and if it was bad, they would be reluctant, Dr. Surani said.
Corpus Christi ISD math, reading scores drop amid COVID slide
District officials gave presentations about the scores during the board of trustees’ meeting Monday.
Thirty-eight percent of students across kindergarten, first grade and second grade were at or above their reading level based on assessments at the beginning of the school year. The number was 52% last year, said Cynthia Hernandez, the district’s coordinator for reading instruction and library media services.
Hernandez said the drop in scores could be attributed in part to a new type of assessment mandated by the state that tests a wider range of skills than the previous one.
The Gregory-Portland Education Foundation on Thursday awarded almost $14,000 in grants to 15 teachers across the school district for classroom programs.
The programs include clay teaching models and technology for health science students, science lab materials, a project for German language students, materials for job-seeking skills, plant development, math activities and drum kits that combine music and physical education lessons.
This is the second year that the foundation awarded grants to teachers. The programs will benefit 1,643 students in the current school year.
To date, the foundation has awarded $10,500 in student scholarships and almost $27,700 in teacher grants. The foundation raises funds for this year’s grants from individual and private donors and proceeds from the Teacher of the Year Banquet.