CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — All performances of the Harbor Playhouse's "Disney's High School Musical" are returning this weekend after some members were previously affected by COVID-19.
"The cast is feeling great, and ready to dazzle their weekend audiences," a post from the Harbor Playhouse on social media said.
Doors will open on Friday and Saturday at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday at 2:30 p.m. Tickets can be purchased online or by phone during their business hours.
Anyone who had tickets to last weekend's performances should have received a call to either re-book seats for another show or get a full refund on tickets.
"While it is extremely rare for HP to ever cancel a show, much less an entire weekend, this decision was made to allow our cast members time to rest and recover and, allows the appropriate amount of time to potentially stop the spread of illness to others," a post from the Harbor Playhouse last week on social media said.
Because of their swift decision then, the show is now back on.
COVID-19 cases in Nueces County have been spreading more in the past two weeks compared to previous weeks' reports.
"The rise in cases in Nueces County is consistent with the increase in hospital admissions, positive test rates, and emergency room visits seen nationally," a statement from the public health district said.
Corpus Christi-Nueces County Public Health District epidemiologist Denzel Otokunrin said the cases are in line with what health officials expected this summer.
"The numbers we've been seeing over the past week is like 194 cases of COVID 19. Compared to our usual rate you're usually seeing like about 100, maybe 80 to 90 cases a week," he said.
Driscoll Children's Hospital Director of Infectious Diseases said it's not just here but nationwide.
"We are seeing also an increasing number of positive tests in our children week over week. We're seeing a very important increase," he said. "So we know that there's more virus circulating. There's no question about that. But what I'm really paying attention to for my patients here is no increase in hospitalizations so far."
Fergie said there is an updated vaccine and it should be available in the next month or so. He said anyone at risk should get the new shot.
