The Hays County Local Health Department reported 77 new lab-confirmed COVID-19 cases, 17 additional recoveries, five hospital discharges and three hospitalizations on Monday, which included information reported over the weekend.
The county considers 454 cases active — 60 more than Friday — and there have been 17,121 total cases since the first recorded coronavirus case within its boundaries on March 14, 2020. Hays County has tallied 632 COVID-19 cases over the past 21 days. There have been 1,887 probable cases spanning from April 2020 through March 29, 2021.
Seven county residents are currently hospitalized by COVID-19 and there have been 787 total hospitalizations with the fluctuation between hospitalizations and hospital discharges reported Monday. 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.
