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Nueces County official warns of COVID surge; temporary infusion site gives 31 antibody treatments
Summary
Emergency management reported a surge of COVID-19 cases (425 new cases and nine deaths reported the prior day) and described a temporary monoclonal-antibody infusion operation at Memorial Hospital that administered 31 infusions during its first days while a state-funded fairgrounds center is stood up.
Nueces County Emergency Management Coordinator Melissa Munguia told the commissioners Aug. 11 that the county is in a serious COVID-19 surge, attributing much of the increase to the Delta variant and reporting 425 new confirmed cases and nine deaths the previous day.
Melissa described two parallel efforts to expand early outpatient treatment: a temporary rapid infusion center (RIC) at Memorial Hospital that opened for a soft run and treated 31 patients over its first days, and a…
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