COVID-19 fatality reporting explained

Hays County has reported 51 COVID-19 related fatalities over the course of the six months that the disease has swept through the community. 

There have been many critiques and questions about how COVID-19 related fatalities are reported and how preexisting conditions are taken into account.

Director of Countywide Operations Tammy Crumley attempted to explain in Tuesday’s Hays County Commissioners Court meeting and said it largely has to do with whether the condition for which they came to the hospital was initiated by COVID-19.