UVALDE, Texas ā Uvalde has recorded its first COVID-19-related death.
āItās a sad day for our county today ... so sad for the family that this has happened,ā Mayor Don McLaughlin said on Facebook live Wednesday.
The mayor blamed an increase in cases in Uvalde to āyounger people going to San Antonio and going out and visiting friends that may be sick, whatever.
Theyāre coming back to Uvalde and infecting their family.āSan Antonio ranks third for major cities with fastest growing COVID-19 cases, report findsMcLaughlin said as of Tuesday, there are 44 cases of COVID-19 in Uvalde with 33 recoveries.
COVID-19 death toll passes grim milestone in San Antonio, Bexar CountyHe said the city will post a statement on its Facebook page later Wednesday about the death, the increase in cases and urged what he called common-sense protection from the virus.