CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — This week marks the eighth consecutive week COVID-19 instances have elevated across the nation.
The variety of COVID-19 instances being reported might not be the true quantity on account of individuals taking at-home checks and never reporting them to the native well being division or state.
COVID-19 isn’t over and there’s a rise within the Coastal Bend space.
Interim assistant well being director, Kim Onufrak says that there’s an uptick in instances, however the excellent news is, that it’s milder.
“It is usually advisable to report it, that manner we will observe it, you may as well name the well being division or your physician, as a result of we do have drugs that may assist mitigate these signs,” Onufrak stated.
The important thing quantity that officers are keeping track of is the hospitalizations, in the meanwhile solely 8 individuals are within the hospital with one individual within the ICU.
Onufrak stated that vaccinations and booster pictures have resulted in milder instances—which might result in some sufferers not even realizing they’ve the virus.
“Instances which might be rising and signs appear to be milder, one of many excuses could also be, it’s simply my allergy symptoms however these signs could also be COVID,” she stated.
Many might not even notice they’ve COVID, an area lady advised us the virus went round her office and that it was only a reminder to not let your guard down.
