Public Health Preparedness Department reported five (5) new cases today that are all under investigation and our hospitalization count is zero. The County’s confirmed COVID-19 case count will move to 1202. The County’s
active case count moves down to 180 as this count also denotes that nineteen (19) individuals were released from COVID-19 protocol. DSHS is reporting fifty (50) COVID-19 fatalities for San Patricio County at the time of this release.
The County’s completed tests count is 3179. The County’s immediate risk of transmission is intermediate.
Reminder: Isolation is required after being diagnosed with COVID-19 in order to slow the spread of this virus. The CDC recommends isolation be maintained for at least 10 days after illness onset AND at least 3 days (72 hours) after recovery. Illness onset is the date symptoms began and recovery is the resolution of fever with improvement of other symptoms.
August-21-2020-Situation-Report