There has been a surge in COVID-19 diagnoses in San Antonio and around South Texas.

Doctors call it the “summer surge” and San Antonio seems to be just passing the peak.

The new variant, Nimbus, is not causing a spike in hospitalizations, but doctors are still warning about the symptoms.

“Having symptoms like a really severe flu, muscle aches, sore throat, cough, feeling really fatigued, even after they’ve gotten past the COVID. It takes a while to get back to normal,” said Dr. Jason Bowling, an infectious disease specialist with University Health and UT Health San Antonio.

Bowling said anyone can get long COVID-19, including healthy people who have mild cases of the virus.

Long COVID is a condition where symptoms stick around, or even worsen, for months or years after a bout of COVID

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