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Above, U.S. postal worker Henry Trelles delivers the mail in the Oak Heights area. He has severed for 22 years. Below left, lifelong San Marcos resident Ryan Garrison delivers the Purple Promise at Walgreens at 639 E. Hopkins St. He has worked for FedEx's air division for 20 years. Below right, A UPS driver, known to all downtown business owners as TC, delivers a package at the Nelson Center. Daily Record photos by Gerald Castillo

San Marcos will receive nearly $7 million in federal funding for housing and public transportation through the CARES Act.

COVID-19 tests are now available in Hays County and more are on the way.

School Fuel, a nonprofit that prepares weekend meals for San Marcos public school students, will continue to distribute the weekend sack meals on Fridays through the end of the school year. Above, School Fuel President Jenny Mangrum moves a box of Dole fruit cups as volunteers pack meals for students during San Marcos Consolidated ISD's COVID-19 closure. Below left, Araceli Aguilar helps put together a sack meal on Thursday. Below right, Amy Bawcom gets chocolate milk bottles prepared to be added to meal bags. Daily Record photos by Lance Winter

Local hospitals and clinics are accepting donations of N95, P95 or surgical masks as supplies of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE). Hays County has pending requests to the state for Personal Protective Equipment.

Editor's note: Hays County reported 47 confirmed cases of COVID-19 as of press time on Saturday, however, this is a rapidly evolving situation. For up to date info regarding cases in the county visit sanmarcosrecord.com.

The Hays-Caldwell Women’s Center has been serving the community during a time of personal crisis for over 40 years, addressing domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault and child abuse have all been the core of the work at HCWC.

H-E-B began providing masks and gloves for its employees for use during work.

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Some states and cities that have been shipped masks, gloves, ventilators and other essential equipment from the nation's medical stockpile to fight the coronavirus have gotten an unwelcome surprise: the material is unusable.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump announced new federal guidelines Friday recommending that Americans wear face coverings when in public to help fight the spread of the new coronavirus. The president immediately said he had no intention of following that advice himself, saying, “I'm choosing not to do it."

Every weekday at noon, KZSM.org broadcasts a live update on our current COVID-19 emergency. We talk to a wide range of callers, including officials such as Mayor Jane Hughson, Judge Ruben Becerra, and Hays County Commissioner Lon Shell. Local business owners describe their efforts to stay viable and continue to serve their customers. We learn what’s being done to help underserved populations such as the homeless by interviewing social service providers like Ruben Garza of the Southside Community Center.