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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.
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Around 300 Nueces County children under the age of 6 and potentially hundreds more had high levels of lead in their blood between 2012 and 2017, and at least 50 more children experience lead poisoning each year, according to an analysis by the Texas Department of State Health Services.
The League of Women Voters of Corpus Christi presented the findings of that study to the Nueces County commissioners’ court this week.
The presentation also showed that, as recently as 2019, the Naval Air Station Corpus Christi’s Child Development Center had a higher level of lead in its water than federal regulations allow.
Congress banned the use of lead pipes in 1986, but those already in use were allowed to remain. Nearly all buildings constructed before that year have either lead pipes or lead solder in their plumbing systems, meaning people who drink water from faucets or fountains in those buildings could be exposed to the contaminant.
Nueces County hosts COVID-19 briefing about recent spike in COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations
Getting vaccinated doesn t prevent a COVID infection, but it can help the chances of not get hospitalized; but Texas isn t exactly leading in that area. Author: Ashley Gonzalez (KIII) Updated: 6:50 PM CDT July 23, 2021
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas Nueces County officials hosted a COVID-19 press conference after seeing a major spike in hospitalizations and ICU patients. It leads them to believe that the COVID-19 Delta Variant is in our community.
I think yesterday, we were at 77 hospitalizations when a few days ago, we were below 30 said Annette Rodriguez, the Public Health Director of Nueces County. We were probably closer to 22, 23 hospitalizations in a day .
Nueces County officials bringing back COVID-19 testing sites as cases rise dramatically
About 40 percent of Nueces County is vaccinated
Nueces County sees dramatic rise in COVID-19 cases
and last updated 2021-07-23 20:30:17-04
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas â With rising COVID-19 cases in Nueces County public health director Annette Rodriguez and Nueces County Judge Barbara Canales addressed the public in a news conference Friday, giving updates on the cases in Nueces county.
They said only 40 percent of the county is vaccinated, meaning 60 percent of residents are not vaccinated at all.
They said those rates are resulting in higher COVID-19 case numbers, saying they started climbing in late June and early July.
City of Corpus Christi working with Games of Texas to stress COVID-19 safety protocols
COVID-19 safety protocols will be stressed at Games of Texas
and last updated 2021-07-22 19:16:47-04
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas â The Games of Texas brings together athletes and spectators from all across the state, and this year, itâs taking place in Corpus Christi after it was cancelled last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
However, that doesnât mean that the event s organizers the Texas Amateur Athletic Federation, the City of Corpus Christi, and Nueces County are not afraid that the event will help the COVID-19 virus to spread.