The Hays County Local Health Department recorded 75 additional recoveries from COVID-19, 26 new lab-confirmed cases, five hospital discharges and one hospitalization on Tuesday.
The county considers 441 cases active — 49 fewer than Monday — and there have been 16,784 total cases since the first diagnosis of the virus within its boundaries. Hays County has tallied 752 COVID-19 cases over the past 21 days. There have been 1,852 probable cases spanning from April 2020 through March 16, 2021.
Six county residents are currently hospitalized by COVID-19 and there have been 768 total hospitalizations following the three hospitalizations and two hospital discharges reported on Tuesday. 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.
