A Buda man in his 30s recently died of COVID-19, marking Hays County’s 388th coronavirus-related fatality.
The Hays County Local Health Department also reported 71 additional recoveries from COVID-19, 36 new lab-confirmed cases, two hospitalizations and one hospital discharge on Thursday.
The county considers 521 cases active — 36 fewer than Wednesday — and there have been 29,392 total cases since the first diagnosis of the virus within its boundaries on March 14, 2020. The county has tallied 899 COVID-19 cases over the past 21 days. There have been 3,285 probable cases spanning from April 2020 through Oct. 21, 2021.







