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SAN ANTONIO – San Antonio Mayor Ron Nirenberg and local health professionals updated the community on the local response to COVID-19 in their daily briefing on Thursday night.
Nirenberg reported 197,497 total cases of COVID-19 and 2,678 total deaths in Bexar County, an increase of 242 new cases as of Thursday. Two new deaths were reported today.
The 7-day rolling average is 329.
City officials also reported that 368 patients are hospitalized, 136 are in the intensive care unit and 72 are on ventilators. There are 9% of staff beds available and 67% of fans available.
There have been 51 hospitalizations in the last 24 hours.
Nirenberg said the total number of hospitalizations is one of the lowest numbers observed since November.
The mayor said more than 265,000 people received the first dose of COVID-19 vaccine from the city’s website. He said Alamodome operations will continue as more doses of the vaccine are expected to arrive next week.
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Dr. Ruth Berggren, along with UT Health San Antonio, said the Bexar County Hospital district administered 6,072 vaccines, the largest distribution to date. She said UT Health San Antonio has administered 65,000 vaccines since Friday.
Berggren said UT Health and Metro Health are working to expand their vaccination efforts to include more people.
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