Officials are monitoring state’s locally acquired malaria case

Across Hays County, the summer does not stop local officials from keeping track of health conditions that might present an ongoing threat.

Hays County Local Health Department Manager Matthew Gonzales recently shared with the Daily Record an update of health statistics and statewide issues of concern for continued monitoring in July.

He stated that COVID-19 and influenza cases have been occurring at a low rate. But a new occurrence of an ancient disease in the state has his department and others in the state on watch: malaria.