Leaders report 242 new COVID-19 cases, 2 deaths

SAN ANTONIO San Antonio Mayor Ron Nirenberg and local health workers have briefed the community on the local response to COVID-19 in their daily information session Thursday night.

Nirenberg reported 197,497 total COVID-19 cases and 2,678 deaths in Bexar County, an increase of 242 new cases as of Thursday. Two new deaths were reported today.

The rolling average of 7 days is 329.

City officials also reported that 368 patients were admitted to the hospital, 136 in the intensive care unit and 72 in ventilators. There are 9% of the beds with staff and 67% of the fans available.

There were 51 hospital admissions within the last 24 hours.

According to Nirenberg, the total number of hospitalizations is one of the lowest numbers since November.

The mayor said more than 265,000 people received their first dose of COVID-19 from the city. He said the Alamodome operations will continue as there are expected to be more diagnoses next week.

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Dr Ruth Berggren, with UT Health San Antonio, said the Bexar County Hospital District administered 6,072 vaccines, the largest distribution day to date. She said UT Health San Antonio administered 65,000 vaccines as of Friday.

Berggren said UT Health and Metro Health are working to expand their vaccine efforts to include more people.

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