OMICRON

This time, though, the motivation is different.

The KSAT Trust Index team answers the viewer question: "If I got COVID from the Delta and Omicron variants, should I still get vaccinated?"

San Antonio Metropolitan Health District is reporting a COVID-19 positivity rate of 32.9%, a 6.5% decrease from last week.

Metro Health’s COVID-19 dashboard reported 2,983 new cases and 2 new deaths.

Metro Health’s COVID-19 dashboard reported 4,625 new cases and a 7-day moving average of 5,280 cases.

Although San Antonio is nearing the tip of its COVID-19 surge winter peak, the city hasn’t quite reached the summit yet.

Metro Health’s COVID-19 dashboard reported 4,625 new cases and a 7-day moving average of 5,280 cases.

There have been a total of 29,479 confirmed COVID-19 cases in Comal County to date.

Experts are seeing some differences in symptoms with the various COVID-19 variants. The differences may be small, but local doctors say it's important to know about them.

San Antonio Metropolitan Health District is reporting a COVID-19 positivity rate of 39.4%, a 1.1% change from last week’s rate of 38.3%. This week’s risk level remains at “severe” and is worsening, officials said.

San Antonio Metropolitan Health District officials say it’s not a good idea to intentionally expose yourself to the virus amid strained hospital resources.

There have been a total of 25,610 confirmed COVID-19 cases in Comal County to date.

As COVID-19 cases continue to surge in the San Antonio area, the estimated date of when the city may actually reach its peak keeps getting pushed back.

A researcher at Texas Biomed has helped develop the Pfizer and Novavax vaccines and is now working around the clock to help develop boosters, new vaccines and therapies that address new, more threatening variants.

San Antonio Metropolitan Health District is reporting a COVID-19 positivity rate of 38.3%, a 7.3% change from last week’s rate of 31%.

With new COVID variants and constant recommendation updates, it can be tough to wade through the information, so our KSAT Trust Index team is doing your fact checking for you.

A delegation of bipartisan Bexar County state lawmakers wrote a letter to Gov. Greg Abbott on Friday in support of a request made by San Antonio Mayor Ron Nirenberg and Bexar County Judge Nelson Wolff for more state contract nurses in San Antonio and Bexar County hospitals.

COVID-19 related hospitalizations have reached a new milestone as the omicron variant continues to surge in Bexar County.

With thousands of COVID-19 cases reported in San Antonio each day, and with even more cases arising across the nation, many are asking when this surge will end and when normalcy will begin again.

San Antonio Metropolitan Health District is reporting its highest COVID-19 case count since the pandemic started with 7,704 new cases on Wednesday.

There have been a total of 23,343 confirmed COVID-19 cases in Comal County to date.

Bexar County is once again seeing more COVID-19 hospitalizations as the number of patients at area hospitals reaches nearly 900 — a 344% increase since Christmas Day.

Starting Saturday, private health insurers will be required to cover up to eight home COVID-19 tests per month for those on their plans.

Comal County health officials on Monday reported 352 new COVID-19 cases — another record for the highest daily cases.

University Health’s Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Bryan Alsip, answered some of the most-asked questions about COVID-19 and the new omicron variant, which now accounts for a majority of new cases.

The San Antonio Metropolitan Health District on Friday announced it will open three more new, no-cost COVID-19 test sites that will be available to the public in the coming days.

Metro Health’s COVID-19 dashboard showed an increase of 4,331 new cases on Friday, with a 7-day moving average of 3,620 cases. There was one new death reported, bringing the total to 16 deaths over the past seven days.

Dr. Ruth Berggren, an infectious disease specialist with UT Health San Antonio, joined Thursday’s KSAT Q&A to discuss COVID-19 reinfection with the new variant, omicron’s effect on frontline health care workers and precautions to take for those who start showing symptoms and can't find a test.

Comal County health officials on Wednesday reported 300 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the total cases to 21,704.

The World Health Organization says a record 9.5 million cases of COVID-19 were tallied around the world over the last week, noting a 71% surge in the weekly count of infections amounting to a “tsunami” as the new omicron variant sweeps worldwide

The City of San Antonio will be adding three new COVID-19 testing sites through a partnership with Community Labs to address testing capacity and wait times that some have said lasted hours.

The City of San Antonio will be adding three new COVID-19 testing sites through a partnership with Community Labs to address testing capacity and wait times that some have said lasted hours.

Like many restaurants in San Antonio that have struggled for months to hire new workers since the lockdown ended, the staff shortage at Nicha’s has been compounded by the latest COVID-19 surge fueled by the omicron variant.

Comal County health officials on Wednesday reported 300 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the total cases to 21,704.

KIPP Texas officials announced Monday that students will return to class from winter break one day later than originally scheduled so that staff, students and families can get tested for COVID-19.

As omicron cases continue to climb, San Antonio businesses are making sure their staff and clients are feeling safe by offering COVID testing.

In-person jury trials scheduled in the first two weeks of January will be postponed due to the surge of coronavirus infections in Bexar County.

As the new year quickly approaches, San Antonio Metro Health officials are warning residents who plan to celebrate, to exercise caution amid a rise in COVID-19 cases.

Monoclonal antibody infusion centers in San Antonio and other Texas cities will not be offering monoclonal antibodies used to fight the omicron variant for the remainder of the year due to a national shortage, according to the Texas Department of State Health Services (TDHS).

Cherise Rohr-Allegrini, an epidemiologist in San Antonio, joined Steve Spriester and Stephania Jimenez on the KSAT 6 O’Clock News on Monday to discuss the new COVID-19 variant, omicron.