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A refrigerated trailer was placed in a cargo area at HCA Healthcare Northwest when that hospital’s morgue filled up after an increase in COVID-19 deaths.
A refrigerated trailer was placed in a cargo area at HCA Healthcare Northwest when that hospital’s morgue filled up after an increase in COVID-19 deaths.
Photo: Courtesy / HCA Houston Healthcare
A refrigerated trailer was placed in a cargo area at HCA Healthcare Northwest when that hospital’s morgue filled up after an increase in COVID-19 deaths.
A refrigerated trailer was placed in a cargo area at HCA Healthcare Northwest when that hospital’s morgue filled up after an increase in COVID-19 deaths.
Photo: Courtesy / HCA Houston Healthcare
This article will be updated during the week with coronavirus case counts and other necessary information about the San Antonio pandemic.
July 20th
Bexar County remains at a severe to critical risk level: New cases increased by 481 and five more deaths were reported Monday. The number of local deaths since the start of the pandemic is now 262. More than 31,300 people have tested positive for the virus in Bexar County during that same time.
Metro Health and city leaders: The day before Dawn Emerick, director of Metro Health, stepped down in June, her boss sent a scathing internal memo criticizing Emerick for lacking the expertise necessary to deal with the coronavirus pandemic and create a hostile work environment for employees of the health department.
July 19
‘COVID-19 will not disappear:’ Despite persistent calls to wear masks and practice social distancing, the new coronavirus retained control over San Antonio as authorities reported six more deaths and 2,202 new cases on Sunday.
85 babies test positive in Texas County: Eighty-five babies tested positive for COVID-19 in Nueces County, according to CNN.
“These babies are not yet on their first birthday,” said Annette Rodriguez, Corpus Christi Nueces County director of public health. Help us stop the spread of this disease. “
Details of the babies’ conditions were not released.
FOLLOW-UP COVID-19: Maps and charts show the spread of the virus through San Antonio and Texas.
