The Hays County Local Health Department reported an additional 577 lab-confirmed COVID-19 cases, 183 recoveries, 11 hospital discharges and five hospitalizations on Wednesday.
The county considers 6,284 cases active — 394 more than reported Tuesday — and there have been 41,685 total cases since the first diagnosis of the virus within its boundaries on March 14, 2020. There have been 4,500 probable cases spanning from April 2020 through Jan. 19, 2022.
Twenty-seven county residents are currently hospitalized by COVID-19 — 14 who are unvaccinated and 13 who are vaccinated, according to the local health department. The county stated that of the 14 residents hospitalized who are unvaccinated, nine are non-ICU patients, three are in the ICU and on a ventilator and two are in the ICU and not on a ventilator. Additionally, 10 of the residents who are hospitalized and vaccinated are non-ICU patients and three are currently in the ICU and not on a ventilator. There have been 1,502 total hospitalizations as of Wednesday.
