Authorities report 417 new cases of COVID-19, no new deaths linked to virus

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San Antonio Mayor Ron Nirenberg and Bexar County Judge Nelson Wolff briefed the community on the local response to COVID-19 during their daily briefing Monday evening.

Wolff is back from quarantine after coming into contact with an employee who tested positive for COVID-19. He said he had passed two COVID-19 tests and they both came back negative.

Nirenberg reported a total of 68,044 COVID-19 cases and 1,285 total deaths in Bexar County on Monday, an increase of 417 new cases. No new deaths were reported today.

The 7-day moving average of cases is 234.

City officials also reported that 294 patients are hospitalized, 118 are in the intensive care unit and 56 are on ventilators. There are 13% of staffed beds available and 67% fans available.

Nirenberg said there have been 39 hospital admissions in the past 24 hours.

Wolff said there were 55 COVID-19 patients from El Paso in hospitals in San Antonio as the border town saw an increase in cases.

Nirenberg said the positivity rate is now at 8.4%. He said a new epidemiology report will be released later this week on the city’s website to give the community a better picture of COVID-19 statistics in the region.

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