San Antonio mayor gives a warning not to gather for the holidays

Ron Nirenberg Mayor

Mayor of San Antonio Ron Nirenberg and his team sent out an alert to everyone’s cell phone in San Antonio and Bexar County with a warning. The warning reads: “More than 1700 new COVID-19 cases today. More than 900 patients in the hospital. The virus is spreading and causing high stress on hospitals. Slow the spread.”

#SanAntonio is reporting a record high number of COVID-19 cases. Protect yourself and others by staying home, wearing a…

Posted by City of San Antonio – Municipal Government on Tuesday, December 22, 2020

The risk level currently is at “moderate” and worsening. Now that the holidays and New Year’s eve are around the corner, the issue is large gatherings with those outside of your household.

The city is monitoring testing capacity, contact tracing, hospital trends, average case rate, positivity rate and hospital stress.