The Hays County Local Health Department recorded 122 additional recoveries from COVID-19, 26 new lab-confirmed cases and five hospital discharges on Thursday.
The county considers 661 cases active — 96 more than Wednesday — and there have been 29,186 total cases since the first diagnosis of the virus within its boundaries on March 14, 2020. The county has tallied 1,162 COVID-19 cases over the past 21 days. There have been 3,258 probable cases spanning from April 2020 through Oct. 14, 2021.
Nineteen county residents are currently hospitalized by COVID-19 — 18 who are unvaccinated and one who is vaccinated, according to the local health department. There have been 1,324 total hospitalizations as of Thursday.
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