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The Hays County Local Health Department reported an additional 61 recoveries from COVID-19, 21 new lab-confirmed cases and five hospitalizations on Tuesday.
There are currently 1,694 active COVID-19 cases — 40 fewer than Monday — and there have been 5,799 total cases since the first diagnosis of the virus in Hays County on March 14.
With the 61 newly reported recoveries, 4,053 Hays County residents have now recovered from the disease.
There are currently 16 county residents hospitalized by the coronavirus and there have been 173 total hospitalizations with the five new hospitalizations reported Tuesday. 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 the county, the local health department said.
Hays County has reported 52 coronavirus-related fatalities since the first diagnosis of the virus within its boundaries.
The county has received 26,212 negative tests and there have been 32,011 tests administered in Hays County.
San Marcos has tallied the most coronavirus cases in the county but is no longer the city with the most active cases. The city currently has 582 active cases — 24 less than Monday — and has had 2,931 total cases as of Tuesday.
Kyle now has 707 active cases and has had 1,734 total. Buda has recorded 768 total cases and currently has 283 active cases. Wimberley has tallied 96 total cases, including 20 active cases. Dripping Springs has amassed 95 total cases and has 49 active cases. Austin, within Hays County, currently has 24 active cases and has had 59 total cases. Driftwood has recorded 37 total cases and has 12 active cases. Niederwald has had 30 total cases. Uhland has had 19 total cases and has nine active cases. Mountain City has had 10 total cases and has four active cases.
Manchaca has had nine total cases and has three active cases. Maxwell has had nine total cases. Bear Creek and Woodcreek each have had one total case.
The 20-29-age-range has recorded the most COVID-19 cases with 2,203 total cases tallied as of Tuesday.
Nine-hundred-thirty-nine county residents diagnosed with the disease are between 30-39 years old. Six-hundred-eighty-one people diagnosed with the coronavirus are 40-49 years old. Six-hundred-thirty-one residents fall in the 10-19-year-old age range. Five-hundred-thirty county residents diagnosed with COVID-19 are between 50-59 years old, 330 are 60-69 years old, 192 are 70-79 years old, 189 are 9 years old or younger and 104 are 80 and older.
According to the local health department, 3,038 females and 2,761 males in Hays County have been diagnosed with COVID-19.
The county’s ethnic breakdown states 43.5% of county residents diagnosed with the coronavirus are Hispanic, while 37.2% of county residents diagnosed with the disease don’t have a specified ethnicity and 18.2% are non-Hispanic.
By race, 60% of county residents who’ve had COVID-19 are white, 37.4% are unknown or not specified, 2.1% are Black and 0.5% are Asian.
The Texas Department of State Health Services reported Tuesday that there have now been 716,207 Texans diagnosed with COVID-19, there have been 14,994 fatalities and there are 3,207 Texans currently hospitalized by the virus. An estimated 613,896 Texans have recovered from the coronavirus, according to the DSHS.
At Texas State University there have been 564 total coronavirus cases since March 1 — 525 among students and 39 among faculty and staff — as of press time Tuesday.
COVID-19 causes mild or moderate symptoms, such as fever and cough that clear up in two to three weeks for most people. The disease, however, can cause more severe illness, including pneumonia, and death, especially for older adults and people with existing health problems.
