The Hays County Local Health Department reported 77 new lab-confirmed COVID-19 cases, 44 recoveries, seven hospital discharges and six hospitalizations on Friday.
The county states that 2,679 COVID-19 cases are considered active — a 53-case increase since Thursday — and there have been 13,915 total cases since the first diagnosis of the virus in the county on March 14, 2020. There have been 3,397 active cases over the last 21 days as of Friday. The county stated that there have been 1,620 probable cases spanning from April 2020 through Jan. 21, 2021.
There are currently 43 county residents hospitalized by COVID-19 and there have been 660 total hospitalizations as of Friday. 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.
