Hays County reports 5 COVID-19-related fatalities Tuesday

Five Hays County residents recently died of COVID-19, the Hays County Local Health Department reported Tuesday.

An Austin man in his 80s; a Kyle woman in her 80s; a Kyle woman in her 70s; a San Marcos woman in her 60s; and a Buda woman in her 40s were among those who died from the coronavirus. Hays County has now recorded 303 COVID-19-related fatalities since the pandemic’s onset. 

The local health department also tallied 238 additional recoveries from COVID-19, 203 new cases, seven hospital discharges and six hospitalizations on Tuesday.