The Hays County Local Health Department recorded 83 recoveries from COVID-19, 23 new lab-confirmed cases, two hospitalizations and two hospital discharges on Wednesday.
The county considers 499 cases active — 60 fewer than Tuesday — and there have been 16,615 total cases since the first diagnosis of the virus within its boundaries on March 14, 2020. Hays County has tallied 782 COVID-19 cases over the past 21 days. There have been 1,837 probable cases spanning from April 2020 through March 10, 2021.
Twelve county residents are currently hospitalized by COVID-19 and there have been 762 total hospitalizations following the fluctuation between hospitalizations and hospital discharges reported on Wednesday. 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.
