78.7% of people have had at least one COVID-19 vaccine dose in Bexar County | Track the numbers

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Latest Coronavirus Numbers

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

Bexar County (data as of Friday, August 6):

• The positivity rate increased to 19.9% on Monday, August 2, continuing its concerning rise over the last few weeks.
• The seven-day moving average of new cases is 1,346 per day, a drastic rise from 589 cases a day just 10 days ago (July 27). The total number of cases is up to 249,538 after 1,354 additional diagnoses were reported Friday. 
• The county's death toll rose to 3,625 on Friday.
• 35 additional patients were hospitalized in the last 24 hours; as of Friday, 1,002 patients are currently hospitalized. Of those, 158 are on ventilators and 273 are in intensive care. 

Texas (data as of Wednesday, July 28):

• 12,999 cases were reported, including 10,086 new confirmed, 2,811 new probable, and 102 backlogged cases. More than 2.61 million Texans have been diagnosed with COVID-19 since the pandemic began.
• 59 additional deaths were reported, raising the statewide death toll from virus complications to 51,802.
• 5,292 lab-confirmed COVID-19 patients were hospitalized across Texas, as of Thursday.

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

Vaccine Progress in Bexar County

The following numbers are provided by San Antonio Metro Health. A full breakdown can be found here.

• 1,276,058 Bexar County residents have received at least one dose of the coronavirus vaccine, representing 76.8 percent of the county's population eligible to receive a vaccination.
• 1,052,806 Bexar County residents are fully vaccinated, representing 63.4 percent of the county's population eligible to receive a vaccination.
• 223,252 Bexar County residents have not yet received their second vaccine dose.

Since the start of July, the number of Bexar County residents getting the COVID-19 vaccine has plateaued. In that four-week span, 51,103 residents received their first dose, while 58,962 residents received their second dose. Over the prior three-week period, 90,374 residents received their first dose, while 135,830 residents got their second shot.

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."

The City of San Antonio breaks down the vaccination rates by zip code on Metro Health's Vaccination Statistics page. As of Thursday, July 22, the zip code with the highest vaccination rate was 78258, with 88.03 percent of people who have had at least one dose. The zip code with the least percentage of population vaccinated is 78108 with 9.45 percent having at least one dose.

Across Texas, 12.466 million residents are fully vaccinated, according to the Texas Department of State Health Services. In total, the state has administered 25.888 million vaccine doses, as of July 22. Texas is in the middle of the pack among the rest of the states, with between 40 to 56 percent of its population fully vaccinated, as of July 14:

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:

• Chronic kidney disease
• COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease)
• Obesity (BMI of 30 or higher)
• Immunocompromised state (weakened immune system) from solid organ transplant
• Serious heart conditions, such as heart failure, coronary artery disease, or cardiomyopathies
• Sickle cell disease
• Type 2 diabetes
• The CDC believes symptoms may appear anywhere from two to 14 days after being exposed.

Human coronaviruses are usually spread... 

• Between people who are in close contact with one another (within about 6 feet).
• Through respiratory droplets produced when an infected person coughs, sneezes or talks. These droplets can land in the mouths or noses of people who are nearby or possibly be inhaled into the lungs.
• Some recent studies have suggested that COVID-19 may be spread by people who are not showing symptoms.

Help stop the spread of coronavirus

• Stay home when you are sick.
• Eat and sleep separately from your family members
• Use different utensils and dishes
• Cover your cough or sneeze with your arm, not your hand.
• If you use a tissue, throw it in the trash.

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.

A self-screening tool is available to see if you need a test.

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