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The city of Laredo continues to see an increase in new cases of coronavirus as it announced 58 new cases on Saturday, giving the city a total of 1,831 in total during the pandemic. Saturday’s update also saw death number 28 from the virus in Laredo.
A Rio Bravo resident, in his 40s and with underlying health problems, was under treatment at the Laredo Medical Center when he died Thursday. No further information was immediately available due to Laredo’s policy of releasing net identifying information about COVID patients.
The mayor of Río Bravo sent a message to the family of the deceased and to the entire community that was surprised by the death, the city also confirmed that it has nine positive cases.
“I and the entire Rio Bravo community offer our sincerest condolences and support to the family during this difficult time,” said Rio Bravo City Mayor Gilbert Agular Jr. “This is a tragedy that will emotionally affect all of our community.
“Our most sincere condolences. We hope that you find comfort and support in the people around you and the wonderful memories that you carry in your mind and heart. “
The city has been hit hard last week as it has seen 619 new cases in the past seven days. The total of 227 cases last Saturday is still by far the record total, followed by 111 the previous day. However, Laredo’s top five daily figures have occurred in the past nine days.
Gateway City continued to receive positive news by announcing 87 hospitalizations, which is below the 95 reported on Friday. It is the second day in a row that the city’s hospitalizations have decreased as there were 100 hospitalized on Thursday. This is only the second time there has been a local decrease in hospitalizations since June 17. However, 31 people remain in the ICU.
Overall, the city has received 10,140 tests with 7,328 negative results. A total of 781 people were authorized by city health officials and considered recovered.
There are 1,028 active cases, giving Laredo four times the 250 required to place the city in the highest alert category of “Red” in the city’s color-coded advisory system.
A total of 981 tests are still pending with 444 presumed negative for being more than 30 days old.
