The Hays County Local Health Department tallied 38 new lab-confirmed COVID-19 cases, five hospitalizations, four hospital discharges and four additional recoveries on Thursday.
The county considers 400 cases active — 33 more than Wednesday — and there have been 17,187 total cases since the first recorded coronavirus case within its boundaries on March 14, 2020. Hays County has tallied 574 COVID-19 cases over the past 21 days. There have been 1,894 probable cases spanning from April 2020 through April 1, 2021.
Twelve county residents are currently hospitalized by COVID-19 and there have been 796 total hospitalizations with the fluctuation in hospitalizations and hospital discharges reported Thursday. 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.
