Vaccine Progress in Bexar County: Nearly 52% of people have had at least one dose – KENS5.com

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BEXAR COUNTY, Texas We're tracking the latest numbers from the coronavirus pandemic as well as the vaccine efforts in San Antonio and across Texas.

Vaccine Progress in Bexar County

Across Bexar County, just over 1.39 million vaccine doses have been administered, as of May 10.

The Department of State Health Services defines "population" as residents who are 16 years of age or older; in Bexar County, this represents more than 1.55 million people. The CDC states that "when a high percentage of the community is immune to a disease (through vaccination and/or prior illness)," that community will have reached herd immunity, "making the spread of this disease from person to person unlikely."

62,263 vaccines were administered last week in Bexar County, according to DSHS; a total of 1,390,448 million vaccine doses have been administered in the county since vaccination efforts began four months ago.

Across Texas, 11.476 million residents are fully vaccinated. In total, the state has administered 19,568,058 million vaccine doses, as of May 10. Texas is in the middle of the pack among the rest of the states, with between 30 to 40 percent of its population fully vaccinated, as of May 9:

Latest Coronavirus Numbers

Here are the latest numbers reported by Bexar County and state officials:

Bexar County (data as of Monday, May 10):

Metro Health reports new data at 4 p.m. Monday through Friday.

Texas (data as of Monday, May 10):

More county case information is available through theTexas Department of Health Services COVID-19 dashboard.

Bexar County COVID-19 Trends

This week's update of the Warning Signs and Progress Indicators for Bexar County saw Bexar County holding steady at the low-risk level for another week. The positivity rate dropped by nearly a full percentage point in the last week from 2.6% to 1.7%, as of Monday, May 10.

The county's seven-day moving average of daily COVID-19 is 184 cases per day. That number is down 85 over the last week.

Coronavirus symptoms

The symptoms of coronavirus can be similar to the flu or a bad cold. Symptoms include fever or chills, cough, shortness of breath or difficulty breathing, fatigue, muscle or body aches, headache, new loss of taste or smell sore throat, congestion or runny nose, nausea or vomiting, and diarrhea, according to the Centers for Disease Control.

Most healthy people will have mild symptoms. A study of more than 72,000 patients by the Centers for Disease Control in China showed 80 percent of the cases there were mild.

But infections can cause pneumonia, severe acute respiratory syndrome, kidney failure, and even death, according to the World Health Organization. Older people with underlying health conditions are most at risk.

Experts determined there was consistent evidence these conditions increase a person's risk, regardless of age:

Human coronaviruses are usually spread...

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Find a Testing Location

City officials recommend getting a COVID-19 test if you experience fever or chills, cough, shortness of breath or difficulty breathing, fatigue, muscle or body aches, headache, new loss of taste or smell, sore throat, congestion or runny nose, nausea or vomiting, or diarrhea.

Here's a Testing Sites Locatorto help you find the testing location closest to you in San Antonio.

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