SAN ANTONIO – One more person has died of COVID-19 in Bexar County and 393 tested positive for the virus on Sunday, according to the city of San Antonio’s website.
The latest deaths bring the death toll locally to 323.
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Since the pandemic began, 36,083 Bexar County residents have been infected.
Officials reported that 1,044 patients are hospitalized due to COVID-19. The tally marked the seventh consecutive day COVID-19 hospitalizations have declined. But experts say there is still a long way to go and that the hospitalizations can grow quickly.
Of those patients, 418 are in the intensive care unit, down one from the day before. COVID-19 hospitalizations make up about a third of the admissions in Bexar County Hospitals.
Officials reported 12% of staffed hospital beds and 46% of ventilators are available in Bexar County as of Sunday.
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