patients are hospitalized. Of those, 85 are in the intensive care unit and 30 are on ventilators. There are 15% of staffed beds available and 73% of ventilators available.MORE CORONAVIRUS COVERAGE FROM KSAT:Track daily spikes in COVID-19 cases in San Antonio, Bexar CountyTrack coronavirus cases by ZIP, age in San Antonio with interactive mapResources from…
COVID-19 cases Sunday and 2,473 backlogged cases.The additional infections bring the city’s total case count to 53,341, according to the San Antonio Metropolitan Health District.The backlogged cases are from various labs and and date ranges. The electronic lab reporting backlog is causing issues across the state, city officials said.Two new deaths within the last 14…
COVID-19 cases Saturday amid a decrease in hospitalizations due to the virus.The additional infections bring the city’s total case count to 50,760, according to the San Antonio Metropolitan Health District.No new deaths within the last 14 days were confirmed on Saturday. The COVID-19 death toll in Bexar County remains at 1,242.According to numbers on the…
Texas reports 238 more COVID-19 deaths, for total of 9,840Texas testing drops as schools reopen, prepare for footballMayor Nirenberg distributes free PPE to San Antonio businessesCopyright 2020 by KSAT - All rights reserved.About the Author:Cody KingCody King is a digital journalist for KSAT 12. She previously worked for NewsChannel 20 in Springfield, Illinois.
When the first cases of coronavirus were detected in the United States, Samantha Tillman didn’t take it too seriously. In late May, after Gov. Greg Abbott rolled back lockdown rules and allowed bars in Texas to partly reopen, Tillman, 29, went out to lift a few cold ones, just because it had been so long.…
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The European Medicines Agency’s (EMA) Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use has recommended granting marketing authorization for Moderna’s new RNA-based vaccine, mNexspike, for preventing COVID-19 in people aged 12 years or older. The vaccine was approved in May 2025 by the US FDA for individuals aged 65 years or older or aged 12-64 years
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