The Hays County Local Health Department recorded 63 additional recoveries from COVID-19, 51 new lab-confirmed cases, two hospitalizations and two hospital discharges on Friday, which included information from May 6-7.
The county considers 544 cases active — 13 more than Wednesday — and there have been 18,561 total cases since the first diagnosis of the virus within the county’s boundaries on March 14, 2020. Hays County has tallied 870 COVID-19 cases over the past 21 days. There have been 2,039 probable cases spanning from April 2020 through May 7, 2021.
Sixteen county residents are currently hospitalized by COVID-19 and there have been 858 total hospitalizations with the fluctuation in hospitalizations and hospital discharges reported Friday. Some patients hospitalized by COVID-19 are in hospitals outside of Hays County but are included in the county’s numbers if they reside within Hays County, the local health department said.
