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SAN ANTONIO – Fifteen more people died of COVID-19 in Bexar County and 299 tested positive for the virus on Friday, Mayor Ron Nirenberg announced.
The latest deaths increase the number of deaths locally to 313, more than 60% of which were reported in July alone.
Since the pandemic began, 34,932 Bexar County residents have been infected.
The mayor said 1,059 patients are hospitalized due to COVID-19. The count marked the fifth consecutive day that COVID-19 hospitalizations have decreased. But experts say there is still a long way to go and hospitalizations can grow rapidly.
Of those patients, 430 are in the intensive care unit, seven fewer than the previous day. COVID-19 hospitalizations represent approximately one-third of hospital admissions in Bexar County.
Nirenberg said 11% of staffed hospital beds and 44% of ventilators are available in Bexar County as of Friday.
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