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Volume 55 • Number 139
The Voice of Seguin Today
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Walk-up Testing Site Available Friday in Schertz Councilman says CCSCT By Darren Dunn
(Schertz) -- Guadalupe County, the city of Schertz, and the Schertz-Cibolo-Universal City ISD are working together to try to get more people tested for COVID-19. A walkup COVID-19 testing site will be conducted from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday at Lehnhoff Stadium, located 1100 Elbel Rd., next to Samuel Clemens High School. The free testing will be done underneath the home side bleachers. No registration is required, and the tests will be conducted on a first come, first served basis. According to the data released by the Guadalupe County Office of Emergency Management on July 22, Guadalupe County had a total of 1582 cases. That’s based on data collected by the Texas Department of State Health Services, since the start of the pandemic in March. That figure includes 937 confirmed cases, plus 645 pending cases. The pending cases are positive tests that have not yet been verified by the state. While cases continue to grow in Guadalupe County, so do the number of people
who have recovered from the virus. On July 22, there were 921 people who have recovered from the disease.
The report indicates that there are 30 people hospitalized at GRMC, and that there have been 22 Guadalupe County residents who have died from COVID-19 complications. According to the Associated Press, state health officials say Texas has hit a new record high the number of daily coronavirus deaths. The Department of State Health Services reported the Wednesday death toll hit a record 197, beating the previous record of 174 set on Friday of last week. That brings the overall Texas death toll to at least 4,348. Health officials say at least 9,879 new people have tested positive for COVID-19 as of Wednesday, which is slightly off the string of 10,000-case days over the past week. That brought the overall caseload to 351,618 since Texas began tracking the outbreak in early March.
helping to pay utility bills for people struggling By Darren Dunn
(Seguin) -- A member of the Seguin City Council wants people to know that there’s help available to people who are having trouble paying their utility bills.
District 1 Councilman Ernest Leal works for the Community Council of South Again, people can be tested in Guadalupe County from 8 Central Texas a.m. to 4 p.m. on Friday at Lehnhoff Stadium in Schertz. office in Seguin. He says the nonprofit group is offering financial assistance to those who need help. “The Community Council has funds (available) to help people with electric bills. (This is for) people, from the city of Seguin, that fell behind because of COVID-19. So if you’re one of those clients for the city of Seguin and you need help, you can call us at the Community Council -830-379-3022, and we can help you with those bills that you fell behind on,” said Leal.
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Leal says it’s important that people get signed up for this assistance as soon as possible, because its available on a first come, first served basis. “Don’t wait unitl they put that disconnect hanger on your doorknob, because (it might be too late). People bring us applications and we go with the first people that brought us their application. And if you’re like number 20 or 25 (on that list), you might have to wait, and you are going to have to pay the bill yourself. So bring us your bill, and give us a call and maybe we can help these folks,” said Leal. Leal made his plea to the public during Tuesday’s meeting of the Seguin City Council. Those who need utility payment assistance or access to other services offered by the CCSCT, can call (830) 3793022.
