Hays County reports one COVID-related fatality and 8,448 active cases
Staff Reports
Hays County Courthouse, TX — Hays County Local Health Department (HCLHD) reports one COVID-related fatality since Friday’s update: a woman from Buda in her 60s.
The department also reports 1,416 new lab-confirmed cases along with 22 new hospitalizations and 15 new hospital discharges. There are 0 new recoveries. The total number of persons considered recovered is 38,946.
The current total of lab-confirmed cases for Hays County since the beginning of the pandemic is 47,841. Hays County has 8,448 active cases. Hays County has had 1,577 total COVID-related hospitalizations and 35 people are currently hospitalized. Of those, 22 people (63%) are unvaccinated.
Hays County residents can now upload at-home COVID-19 test results to the local health department here: https://arcg.is/1G4P1r. All information is confidential and no identifying information is collected. While these reports will not be included in the official case counts for Hays County, they will provide a better understanding of community spread.
We remind everyone of some simple measures to help slow the spread of the virus, including frequent hand washing, social distancing and wearing a mask when indoors around large groups of people. Additionally, a COVID-19 vaccine may reduce the risk of severe symptoms or death in those who contract for the virus. Children age 5-11 are eligible to receive pediatric doses of the Pfizer vaccine.
Vaccine opportunities:
- NOT OFFERING VACCINE UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE M-F, Pfizer, Moderna and Johnson & Johnson vaccines @ Christus Trinity Clinic (formerly Live Oak), 401 Broadway, San Marcos, 8-11 a.m. and 1-4 p.m.
- M-F, Walk-in Pfizer vaccine clinics @ CommuniCare, 2810 Dacy Ln., Kyle, 9 a.m.-12 p.m. and 1-3 p.m.
- More locations can be found here: https://www.vaccines.gov
UPDATED JANUARY 31, 2022
* Disclaimer: As this is a fast-moving situation, the information included below is provisional and subject to change.
*If listed as NR, the latest information has not been released by Hays County; the table will be updated when the data is available. Coronavirus case and demographic stats are reported Monday’s, Wednesday’s, and Friday’s only.
HAYS COUNTY CORONAVIRUS DAILY UPDATE
HAYS COUNTY POPULATION: 230,191
Population Source: Census Bureau Population Clock
NOTE: N/R = Not Reported
Current Hospitalizations – 35
| Current Hospitalizations – 35 |
In ICU no Vent | In ICU with Vent | Non-ICU | Total |
| Unvaccinated | 5 | 2 | 15 | 22 |
| Vaccinated | 2 | 0 | 11 | 13 |
HAYS COUNTY CURRENT STATS
| HAYS COUNTY |
JAN. 25 – JAN. 26 | JAN. 27 – JAN. 28 | JAN. 28 – JAN. 31 |
| ACTIVE (*provisionary) |
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| TOTAL LAB-CONFIRMED (*provisionary) |
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| NEWLY CONFIRMED | 950 | 1,670 | 1,416 |
| PROBABLE CASES | 5,386 | 5,509 | 5,738 |
| TOTAL RECOVERED |
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| RECOVERED SINCE LAST UPDATE |
1,000 | 466 | 0 |
| CASES REMOVED (*Reported Mondays) | NR | NR | 172 |
| HOSPITALIZATIONS REMOVED (*Reported Mondays) | NR | NR | 10 |
| FATALITIES | 442 | 446 | 447 |
| TOTAL HOSPITALIZATIONS | 1,556 | 1,565 | 1,577 |
| CURRENT HOSPITALIZATIONS | 30 | 28 | 35 |
| FEMALE |
24,053 | 24,935 | 25,617 |
| MALE |
20,870 | 21,662 | 22,224 |
| AMERICAN INDIAN | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.2% |
| ASIAN | 1.3% | 1.3% | 1.3% |
| BLACK |
3.7% | 3.7% | 3.7% |
| NATIVE HAWAIIAN / PACIFIC ISLANDER |
0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| WHITE |
69.3% | 69.3% | 69.3% |
| OTHER |
4.9% | 4.9% | 4.9% |
| NOT SPECIFIED / UNKNOWN |
20.6% | 20.6% | 20.6% |
| HISPANIC |
49.0% | 49.0% | 49.0% |
| NON-HISPANIC |
38.0% | 38.0% | 38.0% |
| NOT SPECIFIED | 13.0% | 13.0% | 13.0% |
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UPDATED JANUARY 31, 2022
