7-day average of new COVID-19 cases sets grim record

SAINT ANTHONY – San Antonio Mayor Ron Nirenberg briefed the community on the local response to COVID-19 during his daily briefing Friday night.

Nirenberg reported 143,503 total cases of COVID-19 and 1,710 total deaths in Bexar County, an increase of 2,889 new cases. Six deaths linked to the virus were confirmed on Friday.

The 7-day moving average of cases is 2041, a significant increase and the highest on record since the start of the pandemic, Nirenberg said.

While these numbers are concerning, Nirenberg said the number of hospitalizations continued to show slight improvement.

City officials reported 1,387 patients are hospitalized, 20 fewer than Thursday. The intensive care units have reported 403 patients, an increase from 382. Of those patients, 243 are on ventilators, up from 231 on Thursday.

There are 10% staffed beds available and 53% fans available.

Officials have continued to ask patients from the public as they work with rolling out vaccine doses in the limited shipments they receive. Until then, they recommended that the public continue to practice good social distancing efforts to mitigate the spread of the virus.

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