Hospitalization numbers look cramped uptick from Friday

Visitors, some wearing masks to protect against the spread of COVID-19, ride a river barge along the River Walk, Tuesday, July 7, 2src2src, in San Antonio. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has declared masks or face coverings must be worn in public across most of the state as local officials across the state say their hospitals are becoming increasingly stretched and are in danger of becoming overrun as cases of the coronavirus surge. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
Friends, some carrying masks to defend in opposition to the unfold of COVID-19, spin a river barge alongside the River Slide, Tuesday, July 7, 2020, in San Antonio. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has declared masks or face coverings must be archaic in public in some unspecified time in the future of many of the squawk as local officials in some unspecified time in the future of the squawk grunt their hospitals are turning into increasingly extra stretched and are in hazard of changing into overrun as conditions of the coronavirus surge. (AP Characterize/Eric Ecstatic) (Copyright 2020 The Related Press. All rights reserved.)

SAN ANTONIO – The San Antonio Metropolitan Health District launched 54,295 total COVID-19 conditions and 1,074 total deaths in Bexar County, as of Saturday, an amplify of 100 unique conditions.

One unique loss of life used to be reported recently.

The 7-day tantalizing practical of conditions is 162, as of Friday.

Metropolis officials additionally reported a cramped uptick in hospitalization numbers.

Health officials acknowledged there are currently 228 patients are hospitalized. Of these, 85 are within the intensive care unit and 30 are on ventilators.

There are 15% of staffed beds on hand and 73% of ventilators on hand.

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