The Metropolitan Health Districted reported 365 new COVID-19 cases last Thursday and 284 on Tuesday.
Akeema Peterman grimaces as her nose is swabbed for a COVID-19 test. An uptick in COVID-19 infections has heath officials concerned about a possible holiday surge.in Bexar County, signaling a possible surge heading into the holidays.increases in other respiratory illnessesThe San Antonio Metropolitan Health Districted reported 365 new COVID-19 cases last Thursday and 284 on Tuesday. Those were the highest one-day totals since Sept. 17, when 591 new cases were logged.
Since then, Metro Health has not tracked a major resurgence in the virus, despite occasional daily spikes, including a peak of 1,656 new cases reported June 21.Health officials have tracked increases in other illnesses, which may be connected to relaxed habits regarding hand-washing, mask-wearing and staying home when sick.
Anita Kurian, deputy director of the communicable disease division at Metro Health, recently told the Express-News that the region is “The number of people showing up at emergency rooms with flu-like symptoms such as coughing or sore throat jumped from 243 in early November 2021 to 2,227 during the same one-week period this month, Metro Health reported. Among patients 65 and over, the count rose from 9 to 56.
Metro Health and local hospitals also have reported an earlier-than-normal seasonal spike in respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, and rhinovirus among children treated in pediatric intensive care units. Symptoms include a runny nose, loss of appetite, coughing, wheezing and, in severe cases, headaches, confusion and difficulty breathing.
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