Public Health Preparedness Department reported twenty-nine (29) 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 1286. The County’s active case count remains at 169 as this count also denotes that twenty-nine (29) individuals were released from COVID-19 protocol. DSHS is
reporting fifty-nine (59) COVID-19 fatalities for San Patricio County at the time of this release. The County’s completed tests count is 3405. 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-31-2020-Situation-Report