The Hays County Local Health Department reported 28 new lab-confirmed COVID-19 cases, 28 additional recoveries, eight hospital discharges and four hospitalizations on Wednesday, which included information from May 25-26.
The county considers 263 cases active and there have been 18,856 total cases since the onset of the pandemic. Hays County has tallied 387 COVID-19 cases over the past 21 days. There have been 2,050 probable cases spanning from April 2020 through May 26, 2021.
Fifteen county residents are currently hospitalized by COVID-19 and there have been 878 total hospitalizations with the fluctuation in hospitalizations and hospital discharges reported Wednesday. 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.
