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Nueces County Judge Barbara Canales and Public Health Director Annette Rodriguez on Friday urged the community to get vaccinated amid a rise in COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations.
The county has not only seen a steady increase of cases between June and July, but also an increase in hospitalizations, Rodriguez said.
In only a few days this week, the number of individuals hospitalized with COVID-19 in Nueces County increased by 245 percent, and those placed in intensive care increased by 155 percent. We knew and believed that the reason this happened was because of variants circulating in our community, Rodriguez said.
First case of COVID-19 Delta variant confirmed in Nueces County
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The first case of the COVID-19 Delta variant in Nueces County has been confirmed by the Mayo Clinic Laboratories, the public health district announced on Friday.
The county said the person the sample came from was a woman in her 30s or 40s who works as a health care worker and was fully vaccinated when she became sick in mid-June.
The woman was tested and found to be a breakthrough case. She spread the virus to her other family members who were not vaccinated. She and her family have fully recovered.
Canales to seek second term as county judge in 2022
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CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas â Nueces County Judge Barbara Canales has announced she ll be seeking a second term in 2022.
Canales became the first woman elected as Nueces County Judge in 2018, defeating Republican challenger Mike Pusley for the seat of incumbent Loyd Neal.
Canales says her office has managed county business while modernizing infrastructure and lowered the county tax rate since she began her term.
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