The Hays County Local Health Department reported 153 additional recoveries from COVID-19, 138 new lab-confirmed cases, 11 hospitalization and six hospital discharges on Monday, which included information from April 24-26.
The county considers 602 cases active — 15 fewer than Friday — and there have been 18,199 total cases since the first diagnosis of the virus within its boundaries on March 14, 2020. Hays County has tallied 865 COVID-19 cases over the past 21 days. There have been 1,991 probable cases spanning from April 2020 through April 26, 2021.
Eighteen county residents are currently hospitalized by COVID-19 and there have been 844 total hospitalizations with the fluctuation in hospitalizations and hospital discharges reported Monday. 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.
