COVID-19 updates: 269 new coronavirus cases in Bexar County, 1 new death
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Evelyn Menking, left, tends to a patient in Northeast Baptist Hospital COVID-19 intensive care unit in this May 20, 2020., photo. Sam Beckett, right, the overnight charge nurse watches her. Bexar County officials reported that as of Wednesday evening, 241 COVID-19 patients were being treated in San Antonio-area hospitals, 91 of whom were in intensive care.
Evelyn Menking, left, tends to a patient in Northeast Baptist Hospital COVID-19 intensive care unit in this May 20, 2020., photo. Sam Beckett, right, the overnight charge nurse watches her. Bexar County
Photo: Bob Owen /Staff Photographer
Evelyn Menking, left, tends to a patient in Northeast Baptist Hospital COVID-19 intensive care unit in this May 20, 2020., photo. Sam Beckett, right, the overnight charge nurse watches her. Bexar County officials reported that as of Wednesday evening, 241 COVID-19 patients were being treated in San Antonio-area hospitals, 91 of whom were in intensive care.
Evelyn Menking, left, tends to a patient in Northeast Baptist Hospital COVID-19 intensive care unit in this May 20, 2020., photo. Sam Beckett, right, the overnight charge nurse watches her. Bexar County
Photo: Bob Owen /Staff Photographer
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COVID-19 updates: Bexar County officials reported 269 new confirmed coronavirus cases on Wednesday and one new death as the virus continued to spread across the region at a heightened pace.
The county’s death toll from COVID-19 now stands at 90.
The new confirmed cases bring the total for Bexar County since the start of the pandemic to 5,142.
Judge Wolff’s order: A spokesman for Gov. Greg Abbott’s office said Wolff’s workaround is all right by Abbott — leaving the door open for other counties to take the same steps. “Judge Wolff’s order is not inconsistent with the governor’s executive order,” Abbott spokesman John Wittman said.
H-E-B masks requirement: H-E-B worked closely with Wolff on the order, spokeswoman Dya Campos said Wednesday, and plans to once again require masks in stores when the order takes effect Monday.
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