Hays County tallies 77 COVID-19 recoveries, 6 new cases Thursday

The Hays County Local Health Department tallied 77 recoveries from COVID-19 and six new lab-confirmed tests on Thursday. 

There are currently 1,299 active coronavirus cases — 61 fewer than Wednesday — and there have been 5,946 total cases since the first diagnosis of the virus in Hays County on March 14. 

The county also reported that there have been 386 active cases over the last 21 days — a 28-case decrease since Wednesday. 

There are currently eight county residents hospitalized by COVID-19 and there have been 344 total hospitalizations. 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 the county, the local health department said. 

With the 77 newly reported recoveries, 4,592 Hays County residents have now recovered from the disease.

The county has recorded 55 coronavirus-related fatalities since the first diagnosis of the virus within its boundaries. 

The local health department has received 27,020 negative tests and there have been 32,966 tests administered in Hays County.

San Marcos has tallied the most coronavirus cases in the county but is no longer the city with the most active cases. The city currently has 344 active cases — 27 less than Wednesday — and has had 3,009 total cases as of Thursday.

Kyle now has 633 active cases and has had 1,767 total. Buda has recorded 786 total cases and currently has 214 active cases. Dripping Springs has amassed 101 total cases and has 52 active cases. Wimberley has tallied 98 total cases, including 14 active cases. Austin, within Hays County, currently has 14 active cases and has had 62 total cases. Driftwood has recorded 39 total cases and has 11 active cases. Niederwald has had 32 total cases and there is one active case. Uhland has had 20 total cases and has seven active cases. Mountain City has had 11 total cases and has five active cases. 

Manchaca has had nine total cases and has three active cases. Maxwell has had nine total cases. Bear Creek has one active and has had two total cases. Woodcreek has had one total case.

The 20-29-age-range has recorded the most COVID-19 cases with 2,245 total cases tallied as of Thursday. 

Nine-hundred-fifty-six county residents diagnosed with the disease are between 30-39 years old. Six-hundred-ninety-four people diagnosed with the coronavirus are 40-49 years old. Six-hundred-seventy residents fall in the 10-19-year-old age range. Five-hundred-forty-two county residents diagnosed with COVID-19 are between 50-59 years old, 338 are 60-69 years old, 198 are 70-79 years old, 198 are 9 years old or younger and 105 are 80 and older.

According to the local health department, 3,106 females and 2,840 males in Hays County have been diagnosed with COVID-19.

The county’s ethnic breakdown states 43.4% of county residents diagnosed with the coronavirus are Hispanic, while 37.7% of county residents diagnosed with the disease don’t have a specified ethnicity and 18.8% are non-Hispanic.

By race, 60.7% of county residents who’ve had COVID-19 are white, 36.6% are unknown or not specified, 2.2% are Black and 0.5% are Asian. 

The Texas Department of State Health Services reported as of press time on Thursday that there have now been 748,967 Texans diagnosed with COVID-19, there have been 15,711 fatalities and there are 3,344 Texans currently hospitalized by the virus. An estimated 664,883 Texans have recovered from the coronavirus, according to the DSHS.

At Texas State University there have been 647 total coronavirus cases since March 1 — 606 among students and 41 among faculty and staff — as of press time Thursday

As San Marcos Consolidated ISD plans to bring some students back to in-person learning on Oct. 5, the district is reporting one total active case among staff members.