SAN ANTONIO – More than a dozen H-E-B stores in San Antonio recorded new COVID-19 cases on Saturday alone, according to store officials.
Officials posted the new cases at 14 H-E-B stores online as Bexar County experiences an alarming rise in coronavirus infections. In total, at least 50 stores in San Antonio, New Braunfels and surrounding areas have recorded at least one COVID-19 case since the start of the pandemic.
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The San Antonio-based grocery giant has made public cases at its stores, including details about when the employee was last in the store, on its website. It does so, officials said, to be transparent with customers.
“H-E-B’s daily focus is the health and safety of our Partners and customers,” the company said in a statement to KSAT 12. “Transparency is important; our first priority is constant communication to our Partners and for our customers, they can visit their store’s website to see when a confirmed positive Partner last worked in their store. H-E-B is aggressive with constant sanitization, social distancing and mask wearing.”
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Despite the uptick, Target, Walmart and Costco have not released any information on COVID-19 infections among employees to KSAT 12 News.
H-E-B updates each store’s specific page with the most recent case “so customers have the most up to date info,” a spokesperson previously told KSAT 12. Following each positive case, stores are deep cleaned and employees who had contact with the partner are notified, H-E-B states.
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The stores that recorded new cases on Saturday, June 27, include:
- New Braunfels H‑E‑B at Hwy 46, 1655 W. State Hwy 46: A partner who tested positive for COVID-19 was last in the store on June 23.
- W.W. White H-E-B, 1015 S. W.W. White Road: A partner who tested positive for COVID-19 was last in the store on June 25.
- Marbach and 410 H‑E‑B plus!, 8219 Marbach Road: A partner who tested positive for COVID-19 was last in the store on June 26.
- El Mercado H‑E‑B, 2130 Culebra Road: A partner who tested positive for COVID-19 was last in the store on June 24.
- Leon Springs H‑E‑B, 24165 I-H 10 W.: A partner who tested positive for COVID-19 was last in the store on June 21.
- Alamo Ranch H‑E‑B, 12125 Alamo Ranch Pkwy.: A partner who tested positive for COVID-19 was last in the store on June 24.
- Military and Pleasanton H‑E‑B, 735 SW Military Drive: A partner who tested positive for COVID-19 was last in the store on June 26.
- Bandera and Guilbeau H-E-B, 7951 Guilbeau Road: A partner who tested positive for COVID-19 was last in the store on June 26.
- Bandera and 1604 H‑E‑B Plus!, 9238 N. Loop 1604 W.: A partner who tested positive for COVID-19 was last in the store on June 26.
- Commerce and Rosillo H‑E‑B, 108 N. Rosillo: A partner who tested positive for COVID-19 was last in the store on June 18.
- Loop 1604 and Blanco Road H‑E‑B plus!, 1150 NW Loop 1604: A partner who tested positive for COVID-19 was last in the store on June 26.
- McCreless Market H‑E‑B plus!, 4100 S. New Braunfels: A partner who tested positive for COVID-19 was last in the store on June 22.
- I-10 and Wurzbach H‑E‑B, 9900 Wurzbach Road: A partner who tested positive for COVID-19 was last in the store on June 18.
- San Pedro and Oblate H‑E‑B, 6839 San Pedro: A partner who tested positive for COVID-19 was last in the store on June 19.
Local officials announced 405 new COVID-19 cases in Bexar County during a nightly briefing on Friday. That brings Bexar County’s tally to 8,857 cases.