The Hays County Local Health Department reported 80 additional recoveries from COVID-19, 48 new lab-confirmed cases, four hospitalizations and two hospital discharges on Wednesday, which included information reported from April 13-14.
The county considers 524 cases active — 32 fewer than Monday — and there have been 17,648 total cases since the first diagnosis of the virus within its boundaries on March 14, 2020. Hays County has tallied 705 COVID-19 cases over the past 21 days. There have been 1,944 probable cases spanning from April 2020 through April 14, 2021.
Twelve county residents are currently hospitalized by COVID-19 and there have been 814 total hospitalizations with the fluctuation in hospitalizations and hospital discharges reported Wednesday. 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.
