IN
IN THE
IN THE ICU. WE'RE STANDING BY NOW.
>> GOOD EVENING.
I'M RHONDA ENBERG WITH BEXAR
COUNTY JUDGE NELSON WOLFF ALONG
WITH INTERIM DIRECTOR OF METRO
HEALTH DR. COLLEEN BRIDGER AS
WELL AS BEXAR COUNTY SHERIFF
HARVEY OUR SALAZAR AND THIS IS
OUR COVE 19 UPDATE FOR THE SAN
ANTONIO SAN ANTONIO COMMUNITY.
BEFORE WE GET INTO THE NUMBERS
,I DO WANT TO SHARE SOME
INFORMATION ABOUT SCHOOLS TODAY
.
.
. THE
. THE SAN
. THE SAN ANTONIO METROPOLITAN
HEALTH MEDICAL DIRECTOR DR.
JUDY WU ISSUED A HEALTH
DIRECTIVE REQUIRING THAT
SCHOOLS NOT REOPEN FOUR ON
CAMPUS FACE TO FACE INSTRUCTION
UNTIL AFTER SEPTEMBER 7, 2020.
THE DIRECTIVE APPLIES TO PUBLIC
AND PRIVATE SCHOOLS AND
THE START OF ON CAMPUS
INSTRUCTION ACTIVITY MAY BE
FURTHER DELAYED BASED ON
ONGOING MONITORING AND OF
PUBLIC HEALTH MITIGATION
CONDITIONS.
CONDITIONS. THE HEALTH DIRECTIVE STATES
THE FOLLOWING SCHOOLS MUST NOT
REOPEN FOR SCHOOLS ON CAMPUS
FACE TO FACE INSTRUCTION UNTIL
AFTER SEPTEMBER 7TH.
A SCHOOL MAY ACCOMMODATE
FAMILIES WITHOUT INTERNET
ACCESS OR DEVICES BY PROVIDING
REMOTE LEARNING IN ACCORDANCE
THE GUIDANCE ISSUED BY TVA.
SCHOOL DISTRICTS MAY PROVIDE
VIRTUAL INSTRUCTION CONSISTENT
WITH INDIVIDUAL STATE, DISTRICT
OR SCHOOL ACADEMIC PLANS AND
SCHOOL INSTRUCTORS MAY USE
CLASSROOMS FOR VIDEO STREAMING
IF THEY ARE ALONE IN
THE CLASSROOM AND IF
THE BUILDING OCCUPANCY DOESN'T
EXCEED 10 PERCENT.
ALL SCHOOL SPONSORED ACTIVITIES
AND EVENTS INCLUDING
EXTRACURRICULARS, ATHLETIC
EXTRACURRICULARS, ATHLETIC COMPETITIONS, EXHIBITIONS AND
SO FORTH ARE ALSO INCLUDED IN
THIS ORDER AND CANNOT RESUME
UNTIL ON CAMPUS INSTRUCTION
BEGINS.
BEGINS.
BEGINS. EACH SCHOOL SYSTEM WILL ALSO
DEVELOP A WRITTEN SAFETY AND
HEALTH PROTOCOL PLAN BY FRIDAY
AUGUST 21ST 2020 TO INCLUDE
PROTOCOLS FOR RESUMING ON
CAMPUS INSTRUCTION AND
EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES.
EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES. SCHOOL SYSTEMS MUST MAKE
THE PLAN AVAILABLE TO PARENTS
AND TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC.
OUR LOCAL PUBLIC HEALTH
OFFICIALS WILL MONITOR PROGRESS
IN WARNING INDICATORS TO
DETERMINE WHETHER FURTHER
DELAYS WILL BE NEEDED TO
PROTECT THE HEALTH AND SAFETY
OF ALL OF OUR STUDENTS,
TEACHERS AND SCHOOL STAFF.
AND IF YOU NEED MORE
INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT KOVAC
19 THAT SAN ANTONIO DOT GOV
TODAY.
TODAY.
TODAY. AS
TODAY. AS FAR AS THE NUMBERS GO, WE
ARE REPORTING FOUR HUNDRED AND
SEVENTY EIGHT NEW CASES OF COVE
IN 19.
IN 19.
IN 19. WHICH BRINGS US NOW TO TWENTY
SEVEN THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED AND
TWENTY FIVE SINCE THE PANDEMIC
BEGAN.
BEGAN.
BEGAN. WE
BEGAN. WE DO UNFORTUNATELY HAVE 11 NEW
DEATHS TO REPORT TONIGHT WHICH
BRINGS THE TOTAL TO TWO HUNDRED
AND FORTY OR NONE OF THOSE WERE
ASSOCIATED WITH THE CONGREGATE
FACILITIES SUCH AS NURSING
HOMES.
HOMES.
HOMES. THEY DO INCLUDE ONE BLACK
FEMALE IN HER 60S.
TWO WHITE MALES ONE IN HIS 70S
AND ONE IS IN HIS 80S.
THREE HISPANIC FEMALES IN HER
40S 50S AND 70S AND FIVE
HISPANIC MALES IN THEIR 60S AND
70S.
70S.
70S. WE
70S. WE CONTINUE AGAIN TO REMIND YOU
THAT EACH ONE OF THOSE IS A
LOVED ONE LOST AND WE MOURN
THESE MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY
.
.
. SO
. SO PLEASE KEEP THEIR FRIENDS
AND THEIR FAMILIES IN YOUR
THOUGHTS THIS EVENING.
TONIGHT WE'RE REPORTING 11
HUNDRED AND SIXTY SIX PEOPLE IN
THE HOSPITAL WHICH IS A DROP
AGAIN FROM YESTERDAY.
HOWEVER, THERE WAS A SLIGHT
UPTICK IN THE ICU UP TO 436.
AND IN A FAIRLY SIGNIFICANT
INCREASE ON VENTILATORS 298
THERE ARE 45 PERCENT
VENTILATORS AVAILABLE TO US AS
WELL AS 11 PERCENT OF STAFFED
HOSPITAL BEDS IN OUR SYSTEM.
SO IT CONTINUES TO REMAIN UNDER
SEVERE STRESS.
SEVERE STRESS. TURN IT OVER NOW TO JUDGE WOLF
.
.
. >>
. >> GOOD
. >> GOOD NEWS ON THE HOSPITAL
BED.
BED.
BED. SO
BED. SO I
BED. SO I THINK WE'RE DOWN A HUNDRED
FROM ITS HIGH POINT AND NOW
THEY HAD FOUR DAYS NOW DECLINE
.
.
. LET'S
. LET'S JUST CROSS OUR FINGERS
AND HOPE THAT CONTINUES.
I THINK THAT WAS A VERY GOOD
DECISION BY DR. SETTING IT
AFTER SEPTEMBER THE 7TH.
I CAN REMEMBER ONE SCHOOL NEVER
STARTED BEFORE LABOR DAY AND
THEN THEY STARTED CREEPING UP
TO GIVE LONGER VACATIONS FOR
CHRISTMAS I GUESS.
AND HOPEFULLY BY SEPTEMBER
THE 7TH WE'LL BE IN MUCH BETTER
SHAPE.
SHAPE.
SHAPE. WE
SHAPE. WE KNOW SOME KIDS NEED TO GET
BACK IN SCHOOL.
WE KNOW HOW IMPORTANT THAT IS.
BUT AUGUST IS NOT THE TIME TO
DO IT.
DO IT.
DO IT. I
DO IT. I WANT TO GIVE THE BALANCE MY
TIME TO SHERIFF SALAZAR AND LET
HIM BRING YOU UP TO DATE A
LITTLE BIT ON WHAT HIS OFFICE
IS DOING.
IS DOING.
IS DOING. >> THANK YOU, JUDGE.
I APPRECIATE IT.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME ON
TODAY.
TODAY.
TODAY. SO
TODAY. SO WE'RE HERE TO TALK ABOUT OF
COURSE OUR JAIL NUMBERS BUT
ALSO SOME OF THE THINGS THAT
OUR PATROL DEPUTIES ARE
CONCENTRATING THEIR EFFORTS ON
IN TRYING TO MITIGATE
THE ILLNESS COUNTYWIDE WITH
REGARD TO THE BEXAR COUNTY JAIL
OR OUR JAIL POPULATION IS
HIGHER THAN WHAT WE WOULD WHAT
WE'RE COMFORTABLE WITH AT THIS
POINT.
POINT.
POINT. YOU KNOW WHEN THIS CRISIS
STARTED WE WERE AT ABOUT THREE
THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED SIXTY
ONE INMATES IN THE JAIL.
WE WERE ABLE WITH THE HELP OF
THE JUDGES ABLE TO BRING THAT
JAIL POPULATION DOWN IN ADVANCE
OF COVE IT TOOK TO ABOUT UNDER
3000 PEOPLE.
3000 PEOPLE. YOU KNOW, IN ADDITION TO
REDUCING OUR FOOTPRINT TO
PREVENT COVERED SPREAD, IT WAS
ALSO SAVING BARE KIND OF
TAXPAYERS ABOUT 50000 DOLLARS A
DAY IN HOUSING COSTS.
SO DEFINITELY NO SMALL NO SMALL
POTATOES WHEN IT CAME TO THAT.
UNFORTUNATELY OUR JAIL
POPULATION HAS CREPT BACK UP
AND WE'RE ABOUT THIRTY SIX
HUNDRED NOW BUT WE'VE GOT OUR
COVERED SITUATION.
COVERED SITUATION. WE'RE DOING REALLY, REALLY WELL
.
.
. WE'VE
. WE'VE GOT A GRAPHIC THAT I
SHARED.
SHARED.
SHARED. THEY'LL BE ABLE TO PUT THAT UP
HERE IN JUST A LITTLE BIT.
THAT SHOWS WHAT OUR CURVE LOOKS
LIKE IN THE BEXAR COUNTY JAIL A
BIT DIFFERENT THAN WHAT IS SEEN
IN THE COMMUNITY.
WE HIT OUR PEAK IN EARLY MAY
MID-MAY WHEN WE WHEN WE HIT OUR
HEAT OUR HIGH NUMBERS OF ABOUT
300 INMATES AT ONE TIME WERE
POSITIVE IN BEXAR COUNTY JAIL.
AND THAT WAS DUE TO OUR MASS
TESTING.
TESTING.
TESTING. WE TESTED EVERYBODY IN THE JAIL
AND SO THE VAST MAJORITY OF
THOSE 300 POSITIVE INMATES WE
HAD AT OUR HIGH POINT IN
MID-MAY WE'RE ACTUALLY
ASYMPTOMATIC POSITIVES, NO
SYMPTOMS TO SPEAK OF.
SO AT THAT NUMBER CAME DOWN
PRETTY RAPIDLY WITH
THE ASSISTANCE OF UHF AND OUR
AGGRESSIVE CLEANING PROGRAM
THAT WE WERE DOING.
THAT NUMBER CAME DOWN VERY
QUICKLY OVER THE COURSE OF A
COUPLE OF WEEKS AND WE GOT IT
DOWN INTO THE 30S.
BUT THAT SUCCESS WAS SHORT
LIVED.
LIVED.
LIVED. IT'S NOW STARTING TO CREEP BACK
UP AND WE'RE IN THE 70S AND 80S
AND IT'S BUT IT'S IT'S SO IT'S
TRENDING UP A BIT MORE BUT IT'S
NOT SUCH A SHARP CURVE.
WE'VE MANAGED TO FLATTEN
THE CURVE TO THE EXTENT
POSSIBLE.
POSSIBLE.
POSSIBLE. WE'RE STILL CLEANING THE COMMON
AREAS OF THE JAIL THREE TIMES A
DAY WITH A PEROXIDE BASED
CLEANSER THAT'S A CONCENTRATE
THAT THAT ARE WE HAVE WE HAVE
DEPUTIES AND INMATES CLEANING
THOSE FACILITIES THREE TIMES A
DAY.
DAY.
DAY. AND
DAY. AND WE'VE ALSO RECENTLY STARTED
CLEANING WITH A PRODUCT CALLED
VITAL OXIDE.
VITAL OXIDE. >> IT'S A MIST AND WE'RE GONNA
BE DOING THAT TWICE A WEEK.
AND THAT'S THAT'S EVEN MORE
THAN WHAT'S RECOMMENDED BY
THE MANUFACTURER IN ADDITION TO
THAT THREE TIMES A DAY.
IN ADDITION, WE WE'RE STILL
MAKING THE MASKS MANDATORY FOR
ALL OF OUR INMATES WITHIN
THE JAIL AND WE STILL HAVE 100
PERCENT EXCHANGE RATE.
THEY GET A NEW MASK EVERY DAY.
EVERY INMATE GETS A NEW MASK
EVERY DAY AND WE'RE MAKING SURE
THAT THEY WEAR IT.
ADDITIONALLY, OUR DEPUTIES
WHETHER ON PATROL OR IN
THE JAIL ARE MANDATORY PPE
WHERE IF THEY'RE DEALING WITH A
FACE TO FACE WITH AN INMATE
WITH A COWORKER OR THE MEMBER,
THE PUBLIC PPE IS MANDATORY FOR
OUR FOR ALL OF OUR DEPUTIES
WITH REGARD TO OUR NUMBERS AND
WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO WITH
REGARD MITIGATING INTO
THE COMMUNITY.
THE COMMUNITY. WE HAVE VISITED OVER TO 20 200
BUSINESSES TO MAKE SURE THAT
THEY ARE IN COMPLIANCE WITH
THE VARIOUS LAWS JUDGE'S ORDERS
AND MAKING SURE THAT THAT
THEY'RE THEY'RE DOING THEIR
BEST TO PROTECT THEIR CUSTOMERS
.
.
. SO
. SO WE'VE VISITED OVER 22
HUNDRED OF THOSE FACILITIES AT
THAT WAS WHEN WE WERE
CONCENTRATING OUR EFFORTS IN
WE'RE STILL CONCENTRATING OUR
EFFORTS ON PUBLIC EDUCATION.
HOWEVER, WE HAVE NOW STARTED
ISSUING CITATIONS AS WELL
ALTHOUGH IT HASN'T BEEN A WHOLE
LOT OF CITATIONS.
WE HAVE ISSUED 12 TO DATE AND
THOSE WILL UNDOUBTEDLY GO UP
AGAIN.
AGAIN.
AGAIN. WE'RE CONCENTRATING OUR EFFORTS
ON EDUCATING AND WARNING BUT IF
SOMEBODY STILL DOESN'T GET
THE POINT UNFORTUNATELY WE DO
HAVE TO ISSUE A CITATION.
AGAIN, OUR HOPE IS NOT TO
GENERATE TICKET REVENUE OR TO
MAKE ANYBODY'S LIFE EVEN HARDER
THAN THIS PANDEMIC HAS ALREADY
MADE IT.
MADE IT.
MADE IT. BUT CERTAINLY WE NEED TO SAVE
LIVES AND MAKE SURE WE'RE
SAFEGUARDING THE COMMUNITY.
SO WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING
POSSIBLE.
POSSIBLE.
POSSIBLE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SHERIFF.
AND AS ALWAYS YOU CAN CHECK
THE LATEST UPDATES BY TEXTING
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ANTONIO.
ANTONIO.
ANTONIO. DOUG, THIS BRIEFING CONTINUING
RIGHT NOW ON KEN'S VIACOM AND
OUR FACEBOOK PAGE.
>> LOTS TO GET TO TONIGHT.
WE HEARD FROM MAYOR NIR BERG
OFF THE TOP ISSUING A HEALTH
DIRECTIVE NO ON CAMPUS LEARNING
FOR BEXAR COUNTY UNTIL AFTER
SEPTEMBER 7TH THAT APPLIES TO
ATHLETICS AND IN-PERSON EVENTS
AS WELL AS ALL LEARNING WILL
TAKE PLACE ONLINE.
SO THEY'RE ASKING ALL
THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SCHOOLS
TO DO AS FAR AS NEW CASES OF
CORONAVIRUS TONIGHT THEY'RE
ANNOUNCING 407 CASES BRINGING
US TO A TOTAL OF TWENTY SEVEN
THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED TWENTY
FIVE.
FIVE.
FIVE. SADLY TONIGHT ELEVEN NEW DEATHS
TO REPORT BRINGING BRINGING US
TO A TOTAL OF TWO HUNDRED FORTY
FOUR LIVES LOST HERE IN BEXAR
COUNTY IN SAN ANTONIO TO
THE CORONA VIRUS.
NONE OF THOSE NEW DEATHS ARE
DUE TO CONGREGATE FACILITIES
MEANING ASSISTED LIVING HOMES,
RETIREMENT HOMES TONIGHT.
ELEVEN HUNDRED SIXTY SIX PEOPLE
IN THE HOSPITAL.
>> FOUR HUNDRED THIRTY SIX IN
THE ICU TODAY.
A LITTLE