The Hays County Local Health Department reported 48 additional recoveries from COVID-19, 37 new lab-confirmed cases, six hospital discharges and two hospitalizations on Wednesday, which included information from April 27-28.
The county considers 591 cases active — 11 fewer than Monday — and there have been 18,236 total cases since the first diagnosis of the virus within its boundaries on March 14, 2020. Hays County has tallied 881 COVID-19 cases over the past 21 days. There have been 2,004 probable cases spanning from April 2020 through April 28, 2021.
Fourteen county residents are currently hospitalized by COVID-19 and there have been 846 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.
