Wednesday’s COVID-19 Numbers
Metro Health’s COVID-19 dashboard reported 4,625 new cases and a 7-day moving average of 5,280 cases. There were 10 new deaths reported, according to the data. Fifty-four new deaths have been reported over the past seven days, totaling 5,072 since the pandemic began.
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There are 1,308 COVID patients in local hospitals, with 270 in ICU and 129 on ventilators. Metro Health’s dashboard shows there are 8% of staffed beds available and 61% of ventilators available.
See more of today’s COVID-19 statistics and city resources for the public here.
Weekly progress and warning Indicators
San Antonio Metropolitan Health District reported a COVID-19 positivity rate of 39.4% this week, a 1.1% change from last week’s rate of 38.3%.
This week’s risk level remains at “severe” and is worsening, officials said.
The progress and warning indicators — including a two-week case comparison, hospital trends, average case rate and positivity rate — are critical. Hospital stress is severe.
These indicators and the positivity rate are updated on Tuesdays.
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City health officials offer the following testing guidelines
Consider using a self-test before joining indoor gatherings with others who are not in your household.A positive self-test result means that you have an infection and should avoid indoor gatherings to reduce the risk of spreading the disease to someone else.A negative self-test result means that you may not have an infection. Repeating the test with at least 24 hours between tests will increase the confidence that you are not infected.Ask your health care provider if you need help interpreting your test results.
Click here to access more information about other city no-cost testing sites.
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