166 child care facilities in Bexar County have reported COVID-19 cases among children, employees

SAN ANTONIO As of Thursday, the Texas Health and Human Services Commission is now providing data on child centers in the state that have reported positive COVID-19 cases.

The information is mentioned, by province, in a spreadsheet on the agency’s website.

The most recent list published on Thursday revealed that 1,867 child care facilities in Texas have reported COVID-19 cases since March.

In Bexar County, 166 child care facilities reported COVID-19 cases with 131 cases reported among children and 164 cases among employees.

Comal County has had 10 child cases at child care facilities and 15 employee cases since March.

Guadalupe County has eight child cases and 14 employees dealing with COVID-19.

As of Thursday, no active cases had been reported in Bexar County or any of the surrounding counties.

The agency included a separate spreadsheet for COVID-19 cases reported in licensed and registered child care homes. That list was not cut by counties and did not include names or addresses of home care providers. According to those numbers, there is currently one child from a home care with COVID-19. There have been 33 cases among children reported since March, and 53 cases involving caregivers and members of the household.

In June, state health officials set up child care centers to implement new guidelines following a rise in cases around the state.