With 10 deaths reported on Saturday and 13 additional deaths confirmed on Sunday, a total of 23 COVID-19 related deaths were announced over the weekend.
On Sunday, Bexar County’s COVID-19 case load increased as the city announced 252 additional COVID-19 cases.
The additional cases bring Bexar County’s cumulative total to 42,873 cases since the start of the pandemic.
Thirteen more COVID-19 deaths were confirmed, bringing the death toll to 445.
Officials reported 738 Bexar County residents are hospitalized due to COVID-19, down from 743 on Saturday. Of those patients, 322 are in the intensive care unit and 220 patients are on ventilators.
Numbers released by city officials indicate that 15% of staffed hospital beds and 52% of ventilators are available in Bexar County.
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