WATCH: El Paso Mayor and County Judge hold joint news conference on Covid-19

January 12, 2022 1:13 PM

Published January 12, 2022 11:05 AM

EL PASO, Texas -- El Paso Mayor Oscar Leeser and El Paso County Judge Samaniego addressed the media regarding the spike in COVID-19 infections.

According to the elpasostrong.org page, where the City posts COVID-19 data, there are 703 new cases Wednesday in El Paso.

Another issue, the data shows 553 people are hospitalized with the virus. Of those hospitalized, 128 are in the intensive care unit. ABC-7 will update viewers after the press conference with what the officials say

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