Coronavirus updates: Major headlines from April 16, 2020

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Masks mandatory for S.A.: As the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Bexar County is closing in on 1,000, officials said people over the age of 10 will have to begin wearing a cloth mask in public spaces. As of Thursday, 918 people have now tested positive, up from 890 reported Wednesday. Masks are required in public areas where social distancing of six feet is not always possible. People will not have to wear masks while exercising outdoors.

2 more inmates test positive: Two additional inmates at the Bexar County jail have tested positive for COVID-19, bringing the total number to 10. Both inmates had already been in the infirmary, officials said Thursday.

A mechanic who serviced BCSO vehicles has also tested positive for the virus. The vehicles have been sanitized.

To date, a total of 10 inmates have tested positive for the coronavirus, in addition to 20 detention deputies, one video visitation employee, a BCSO dispatcher, a maintenance worker, and a University Health System nurse assigned to the jail.

USAA is seizing stimulus checks: USAA is seizing federal stimulus checks from customers who have an existing debt or whose bank accounts are overdrawn, sparking blow-back for the San Antonio financial services company. An article by The American Prospect reported USAA took $3,400 in CARES Act payments from the family of a disabled veteran to offset an existing debt.

USAA spokesman Matthew Hartwig said in an email he may have an update to offer later today.

Another firefighter tests positive: The San Antonio Fire Department has placed all firefighters at one station in quarantine following a third case of the coronavirus. Firefighters from other city stations will staff the facility until the quarantined firefighters return to duty. SAFD spokesperson Joe Arrington called the decision a "drastic measure" and said the department was being "extremely aggressive to stop the spread of the virus there."

Each staff member will undergo a 14-day quarantine from the last day they worked at the station, which the department has declined to identify thus far. The firefighters and EMS unit based at the station work different shifts and are expected to return over a staggered four-day period.

Coronavirus cases jump by 75: Bexar County reported 890 positive COVID-19 cases Wednesday night and said the death toll has grown to 37. One of the people who died was a man in his 30s, the youngest person lost to COVID-19 in the San Antonio area

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