85 infants under age 1 tested positive for coronavirus in one Texas county

SCHOOLS STATEWIDE. EDUCATION OFFICIALS, THOUGH, SAY THAT LIKELY WON鈥橳 BE ENOUGH. CORONAVIRUS CASES ARE SURGING ACROSS THE COUNTRY. AND SHELDON, A GROUP OF HEALTH CARE WORKERS FROM OUR AREA ARE HELPING OUT IN A STATE THAT鈥橲 BEEN REALLY HIT HARD. SHELDON: THAT鈥橲 RIGHT, TEXAS IS ONE OF A HANDFUL OF STATES THAT HAS REPORTED A LOT OF CORONAVIRUS CASES. I JUST CHECKED ABOUT AN HOUR AGO AND THERE ARE 295,000 CONFIRMED CASES ACROSS THE STATE. BUT ONE HOSPTIAL IN AUSTIN IS GETTING SOME HELP FROM THESE ASCENSION HEALTH CARE WORKERS. 12 NEWS WAS THERE WHEN THE 4 NURSES AND TWO RESPIRATORY THERAPISTS LEFT MITCHELL AIRPORT LAST WEEK. THEY鈥橰E IN AUSTIN TREATING CORONAVIRUS PATIENTS. LISA KNIGGE IS ONE OF THE RESPIRATORY THERAPISTS WHO MADE THE TRIP. SHE TOLD ME THEY鈥橰E SEEING A LOT OF PATIENTS WHO ARE CRITICALLY ILL AND NEED VENTILATORS TO HELP THEM BREATHE. WHAT DO YOU HOPE TO TAKE FROM THIS EXPERIENCE AND BRING BACK TO WISCONSIN WHEN YOU RETURN? >> I THINK ANYTIME YOU CARE FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE CRITICALLY ILL, IT TAKES A LOT OUT OF YOU BUT I THINK THAT REALLY IS EMPOWERING , AND A WAY, BECAUSE IT IS SO HUMBLING. IT DOES REMIND YOU THAT LIFE IS SHORT AND ANYONE COULD GET SICK AT ANY TIME. AND SO I THINK WHEN I GO HOME , I鈥橫 GOING TO BE VERY GRATEFUL TO GO HOME AND SEE MY FAMILY AND MY FRIENDS. SHELDON: LISA AND THE OTHER ASCENSION HEALTH CARE WORKERS ARE SCHEDULED TO RETURN THIS WEEKEND. AND ANOTHER GROUP OF NURSES FROM SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN WILL LEAVE FOR FLORIDA ON SUNDAY. AND AS YOU KNOW, ADRIAN, FLORIDA IS ANOTHER CORONAVIRUS HOTSPOT.

Video above: Group of Wisconsin health care workers in Texas to assist in coronavirus hot spotEighty-five infants under age 1 have tested positive for coronavirus in one county in Texas -- with local officials imploring residents to help stop its spread as the state becomes one of the newest hotspots.Since January, health authorities have identified more than 3.6 million COVID-19 cases throughout the United States. Nearly 140,000 people have died, according to Johns Hopkins University.In Texas' Nueces County, where Corpus Christi is located, the number of new coronavirus cases skyrocketed in July after a flattening trend. The virus has infected dozens of babies and local officials are urging people to wear masks and practice social distancing."We currently have 85 babies under the age of one year in Nueces County that have all tested positive for COVID-19," said Annette Rodriguez, director of public health for Corpus Christi Nueces County."These babies have not even had their first birthday yet. Please help us stop the spread of this disease."Nueces County has the fastest growth in new cases on the seven-day average than any other metropolitan county in the state," said Peter Zanoni, the Corpus Christi city manager."You can see the trend line is relatively flat until July, and this is where we have had that huge spike in cases, and this is why it's turned into a major problem for Nueces County," he said.Corpus Christi has about 8,100 coronavirus cases and 82 deaths linked to the virus, local officials said. Other Texas counties such as Cameron and Hidalgo are so dire, health officials are stocking up on refrigerated trucks to store bodies as morgues fill up.In a letter to Gov. Greg Abbot, state representatives Sheila Jackson Lee and Joaquin Castro said that local jurisdictions should be granted the ability to issue stay at home orders to help contain coronavirus cases."Texas is now not where it should be relating to fighting COVID-19. Therefore, your office should take immediate action to rewind the efforts to reopen the state quickly; which came about by ignoring CDC guidelines," the letter said. "We need to provide local authority to local counties and cities to do what is in the best interest of their communities."

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Video above: Group of Wisconsin health care workers in Texas to assist in coronavirus hot spot

Eighty-five infants under age 1 have tested positive for coronavirus in one county in Texas -- with local officials imploring residents to help stop its spread as the state becomes one of the newest hotspots.

Since January, health authorities have identified more than 3.6 million COVID-19 cases throughout the United States. Nearly 140,000 people have died,

In Texas' Nueces County, where Corpus Christi is located, the number of new coronavirus cases skyrocketed in July after a flattening trend. The virus has infected dozens of babies and local officials are urging people to wear masks and practice social distancing.

"We currently have 85 babies under the age of one year in Nueces County that have all tested positive for COVID-19," said Annette Rodriguez, director of public health for Corpus Christi Nueces County.

"These babies have not even had their first birthday yet. Please help us stop the spread of this disease."

Nueces County has the fastest growth in new cases on the seven-day average than any other metropolitan county in the state," said Peter Zanoni, the Corpus Christi city manager.

"You can see the trend line is relatively flat until July, and this is where we have had that huge spike in cases, and this is why it's turned into a major problem for Nueces County," he said.

Corpus Christi has about 8,100 coronavirus cases and 82 deaths linked to the virus, local officials said. Other Texas counties such as Cameron and Hidalgo are so dire, health officials are stocking up on refrigerated trucks to store bodies as morgues fill up.

In a letter to Gov. Greg Abbot, state representatives Sheila Jackson Lee and Joaquin Castro said that local jurisdictions should be granted the ability to issue stay at home orders to help contain coronavirus cases.

"Texas is now not where it should be relating to fighting COVID-19. Therefore, your office should take immediate action to rewind the efforts to reopen the state quickly; which came about by ignoring CDC guidelines," the letter said. "We need to provide local authority to local counties and cities to do what is in the best interest of their communities."

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