SAN ANTONIO – Fireworks aren’t the one factor going up this week. Medical doctors say COVID-19 circumstances are climbing in Army Metropolis, USA.“COVID hasn’t gone away, and it appears like we’re beginning to expertise one other summer time surge,” stated Dr. Jason Bowling, a hospital epidemiologist with College Well being and infectious illness specialist with UT Well being.He stated the hospital’s virology report from final week reveals round 100 confirmed circumstances of COVID-19.“As we all know, most individuals in the neighborhood are usually not examined,” Dr. Bowling stated. “That signifies that there’s much more COVID that’s on the market.”Whereas circumstances have gone up, Dr. Bowling stated there hasn’t been a major spike in hospitalizations.“It’s nonetheless a severe sickness for folks to learn about to allow them to know what they’ll do to guard themselves,” he stated.Dr. Bowling encourages folks to get examined for COVID-19 in the event that they’re feeling sick.“You probably have COVID, what’s advisable is that you simply put on a masks and that you simply isolate till you don’t have a fever for a minimum of 24 hours and your signs are total bettering,” he defined. “However then, as you return out in the neighborhood, it’s nonetheless useful to put on a masks round different folks for a minimum of one other 5 days to assist scale back the chance of transmitting it to different folks.”Copyright 2024 by KSAT – All rights reserved.