Nueces County in Texas has confirmed that 85 babies under the age of one have tested positive for coronavirus since the start of the pandemic as they urge the public to exercise greater caution.
Among the children who tested positive was a baby younger than six months, who died from the infection.
Another was a newborn whose mother also had the virus, according to KIITV.
It is unknown how the children were suspected of becoming infected and their status was not reported.
Nueces County Public Health Director Annette Rodriguez confirmed that 85 babies under the age of one have tested positive for coronavirus since the start of the pandemic.
Public health director Annette Rodríguez confirmed at a press conference on Friday that the 85 babies are each younger than one, but offered no other details.
‘These babies have not yet turned their first birthday. Help us stop the spread of this disease, ‘said Rodríguez.
He warned the public that they must stop the spread of the coronavirus by staying home, except for necessary travel, social estrangement, and wearing masks in public.
Rodríguez also urged people not to take their children to the store or places where they know there is an increased risk of contracting the virus, reports KIITV.
“These children are not yet two years old, they are less than one,” Rodríguez said. ‘They cannot wear a mask and therefore are unprotected.
‘Some people may say that 85 doesn’t seem like much compared to 8,000. Everything is how you look at it, you know. Are these your children? ‘
According to USA Today, the number of children younger than one year who tested positive for coronavirus in the area has now reached 1 percent of the county’s total cases.
Earlier this month, a baby boy under six months died of coronavirus in the county, Nueces County Medical Examiner Adel Shaker revealed.
“It is not something that anyone can be prepared to face, even with the best plan,” he said.
KIITV also reported that another child younger than one who tested positive for coronavirus died at home from Sudden Infant Death Syndrome. Authorities did not know if the death was related.
Nueces County and Corpus Christ have seen a dramatic increase in cases in July
Nueces County, which contains the city of Corpus Christ, has 8,176 cases total, as of Friday.
He had prevented a large number of coronavirus cases when the pandemic first hit the United States, but is now experiencing one of the fasting growth spurts in the state, according to the Texas Tribune.
In the past two weeks, the beachfront location has added more than 2,000 cases.
“Nueces County has the fastest growth in new cases on the seven-day average than any other metropolitan county in the state,” Corpus Christi City Manager Peter Zanoni told CNN.
“You can see that the trend line is relatively flat through July, and this is where we have had that huge increase in cases, and that is why it has become a major issue for Nueces County.”
Texas has also become one of the largest new coronavirus hot spots in the US in recent weeks.
Texas health officials reported more than 10,000 new cases for the fifth consecutive day on Saturday and said 130 more people have died from COVID-19, the disease caused by the virus.
Increases the total number of reported cases in Texas to 317,730 and the number of deaths to 3,865.
The actual number of cases is likely to be higher because many people have not been tested, and studies suggest that people can become infected and not feel sick.
Republican Gov. Greg Abbott emphasizes that the widespread use of face covers could prevent another blockage, which he has not ruled out as cases in the state continue to rise.
However, local officials ask him to allow individual counties to introduce their own closings, as the cases in Cameron and Hidalgo counties become so dire that refrigerated trucks have been ordered to search for bodies.
Texas is now not where it should be related to the fight against Covid-19. Therefore, your office must take immediate steps to rewind efforts to reopen the state quickly; that came about by ignoring CDC guidelines, ‘state representatives Sheila Jackson Lee and Joaquín Castro said in a letter.
“We need to provide local authorities to counties and local cities to do what is best for their communities.”
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