For second straight day, Hays County reports largest single-day increase with 99 new COVID-19 cases

For the second consecutive day and third time this week, Hays County reported its largest single-day increase in COVID-19 cases with 99 new diagnoses on Friday. 

Between Monday and Friday, the county has reported 275 new cases. There are now 402 active cases and there have been 673 since the first coronavirus diagnosis in Hays County on March 14. 

“Today’s COVID-19 numbers are once again high,” county Epidemiologist Eric Schneider said in a statement. “The community needs to remember that we are still in a pandemic.”