Friday’s COVID-19 Data For Hays County Is Out

According to a statement from Hays County Judge Ruben Becerra released last week included language that masks were mandatory and included a $1000 fine for businesses, their employees, and customers for each violation.

On Friday, June 19, Becerra walked back the threat of the fine against businesses.

The latest Executive Order GA-26 issued by Governor Greg Abbott stated there would be no civil or criminal penalty that will be imposed on individuals for failure to wear a face covering.

However, for individuals and businesses who cannot keep the 6-foot suggested social distancing, it is strongly suggested to wear masks.

On June 26, Governor Greg Abbott rolled back reopening efforts to “contain the spread of COVID-19.”

The executive order signed Friday morning included the following: 

  • All bars and similar establishments that receive more than 51% of their gross receipts from the sale of alcoholic beverages are required to close at 12:00 PM today. These businesses may remain open for delivery and take-out, including for alcoholic beverages, as authorized by the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission. 
  • Restaurants may remain open for dine-in service, but at a capacity not to exceed 50% of total listed indoor occupancy, beginning Monday, June 29, 2020.
  • Rafting and tubing businesses must close.
  • Outdoor gatherings of 100 or more people must be approved by local governments, with certain exceptions.

The decision came after the number of people testing positive for COVID-19 and the number of hospitalizations increased and the positivity rate in Texas increased above 10%, according to the Governor’s Office. 

The rollback on reopening came one day after Gov. Abbott announced a temporary pause to additional reopening phases. 

On Thursday, June 25, Abbott’s office announced businesses that were permitted to open under the previous phases could continue to operate at the designated occupancy levels and under the minimum standard health protocols provided by the Texas Department of State Health Services.

Abbott also issued an executive order Thursday, which immediately suspended all elective surgeries in four of Texas’s largest counties: Travis, Bexar, Dallas and Harris.

The order is made in an effort to preserve hospital capacity as COVID-19 hospitalizations continue to rise. 

EDITORIAL NOTE
The Coronavirus (COVID-19) is a very fluid situation, and it will continue to be. As new information becomes available from Hays County, the State of Texas and federal government agencies, we will publish those updates.

  • Wash your hands often with soap and water for at least 20 seconds. If soap and water are not available, use an alcohol-based hand sanitizer.
  • Avoid touching your eyes, nose, and mouth with unwashed hands.
  • Avoid close contact with people who are sick.
  • Stay home when you are sick.
  • Cover your cough or sneeze with a tissue, then wash your hands.
  • Clean and disinfect frequently touched objects and surfaces.

HAYS COUNTY CASE TOTALS

*UPDATED ON FRIDAY, JUNE 26, AT 4:50 PM

* Disclaimer: As this is a fast-moving situation, the information included below is provisional and subject to change.

Epidemiologist Eric Schneider said the County’s total of lab-confirmed cases includes 50 additional tests from the Texas Division of Emergency Management (TDEM).

NOTE: If residents were tested at a TDEM site, they will receive their results directly from that agency, not the Hays County Local Health Department.

NEWS ALERT UPDATE

  JUNE 25, 2020 JUNE 26, 2020
TOTAL TESTS (includes pending cases)
8,881
9,205
NEW DAILY TESTS (*estimated)
357* 324*
TOTAL CONFIRMED (*estimated)
2,275*
2,415*
ACTIVE (*estimated)
1,853* 1,992*
NEW DAILY CONFIRMED
81
140
RECOVERED
417
418
DAILY RECOVERED
14 1
FATALITIES
5 5
NEGATIVE (*estimated)
6,547*
6,716*
HOSPITALIZATIONS TOTAL 62 62
HOSPITALIZATIONS CURRENT 23 20
.

DAILY CHANGE IN NEW CASES FOR HAYS COUNTY

CITY TOTAL CASES ACTIVE CASES RECOVERED FATALITIES
AUSTIN
22 12 9 1
BEAR CREEK 1 0 1 0
BUDA 233 172 60 1
CREEDMOOR 0 0 0 0
DRIFTWOOD 13 11 2 0
DRIPPING SPRINGS 29 21 8 0
HAYS 0 0 0 0
KYLE 638 426 212 0
MANCHACA 2 2 0 0
MAXWELL 6 6 0 0
MOUNTAIN CITY 1 1 0 0
NIEDERWALD 8 6 2 0
SAN MARCOS 1,430 1,315 113 2
UHLAND 3 2 1 0
WIMBERLEY 29 18 10 1
WOODCREEK 0 0 0 0
TOTAL
2,415 1,992 418 5

*Note: Some Hays County residents have Austin and Maxwell addresses. Because of HIPAA laws, additional information about patients is not allowed to be shared.

HAYS COUNTY POSITIVE TEST BY AGE AND GENDER

AGE RANGE FEMALE MALE TOTAL
0-9 YEARS 25 31 56
10-19 YEARS 87 51 138
20-29 YEARS 628 629 1,257
30-39 YEARS 182 175 357
40-49 YEARS 129 111 240
50-59 YEARS 102 95 197
60-69 YEARS 59 39 98
70-79 YEARS 24 20 44
> 80 YEARS 16 12 28
TOTAL CONFIRMED CASES
1,252 1,163 2,415

DRILL DOWN OF ETHNICITY & GENDER

ETHNICITY FEMALE MALE TOTAL PERCENTAGE OF CASES
HISPANIC 504 468 972 40.3%
NON-HISPANIC 246 223 469 19.4%
NOT SPECIFIED 502 472 974 40.3%
TOTAL 1,252 1,163 2,415 100%
 

DRILL DOWN BY RACE

RACE PERCENTAGE OF CASES
AMERICAN INDIAN 0%
ASIAN 0.6%
BLACK 1.6%
NATIVE HAWAIIAN
/ PACIFIC ISLANDER
0%
WHITE 52.5%
NOT SPECIFIED
/ UNKNOWN
45.3%

LATEST TEXAS COVID-19 CASE TOTALS

*UPDATED ON FRIDAY, JUNE 26, AT 3:50 PM
Disclaimer
:
All Texas data below is provisional and subject to change. As this is a fast-moving situation, the information included below is provisional and subject to change.
* These numbers are an estimate based on several assumptions related to hospitalization rates and recovery times, which were informed by data available to date. These assumptions are subject to change as we learn more about COVID-19. The estimated number does not include data from any cases reported prior to 3/24/2020.
*If listed as N/A or TBA, the latest information has not been released by state agencies; the table will be updated when the data is available.

TOTALS JUNE 25, 2020 JUNE 26, 2020
TOTAL TESTED
1,875,197
1,903,661
VIRAL TESTS
1,659,340
1,697,334
ANTIBODY TESTS
176,697
177,863
HOSPITALIZATIONS *Currently hospitalized lab-confirmed cases
5,996*
*
TOTAL POSITIVE CASES REPORTED
131,917
137,624
ACTIVE *Estimated
55,125*
59,018*
NEW CASES FROM PRIOR DAY(S) *Estimated
4,739*
5,707*
TOTAL RECOVERED *Estimated
74,496*
76,282*
TOTAL FATALITY
2,296
2,324
FATALITIES OVER LAST 24 HOURS
47
28
COUNTIES REPORTING CASES
243 of 254
244 of 254
COUNTIES WITH FATALITIES 131 of 254 131 of 254

NOTE: Case and fatality information is updated daily at 1 pm and is compiled from information reported publicly by local health departments and through the DSHS public health regions. Counts are current as of that morning.
Because some jurisdictions report cases later in the day, local numbers may be more up to date. County case numbers may occasionally go down if the case investigation determines the person is a resident of another county or state.
Testing numbers show the number of test results for Texas residents reported to DSHS by public health and private labs. They do not include pending tests. Additional testing may be occurring by labs not yet reporting all results to DSHS. Unable to deduplicate total test numbers for private labs.
Demographic data comes from completed case investigations. The majority of cases in Texas are still under investigation.
Hospitalization and hospital capacity numbers are reported daily by hospitals through eight Hospital Preparedness Program providers that coordinate health care system preparedness and response activities in Texas.

U.S. & WORLDWIDE CORONAVIRUS CASE OVERVIEW

*UPDATED ON FRIDAY, JUNE 26, AT 3:18 PM
*Disclaimer: This data changes rapidly and might not reflect some cases still being reported.

  CASES REPORTED CASES PER
1M PEOPLE
RECOVERED FATALITIES
U.S. CASE OVERVIEW
2,469,187
7,492 765,061 126,277
WORLDWIDE CASE OVERVIEW
9,641,472
1,240 4,865,562 489,990
.

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  • “Recovered” may need a new term. Long term - some permanent - effects from COVID-19 are starting to be seen. Those patients may never recover and be in some phase of rehab (cardiac, dialysis, pulmonary) for a long, long time. Perhaps “discharged” would be a better term?

    • K Roberson,

      Great point and thank you for your suggestion. Unfortunately, "discharged" will not work, as most people who are COVID positive never go into the hospital. We will take a look and see if we can come up with a better word. We used "recovered" as that is the term the government uses and we wouldn't want to confuse people using a term that no one else uses.

      Thank you for reading!

  • How are we estimating recovery on the thousands of suspected cases? These cases can still be counted, even if they never seek medical attention and they never display symptoms. So how do we get those "cases" off the books?

    • Mr. Holeman,

      Are you really asking this in hope of a sane 'answer' ?

      1. Our state and local government won't even release the current mortality rates.
      Be assured that if mortaility rates were significant, oh, they would reveal it.

      2. Huge difference between dying from COVID, as opposed to dying of it.
      The former arises from pre-existing cardiac, pulmonary or dialysis conditions whereby
      one dies from co-morbidity. Where all it takes is a virus to provide the simple push.

      3. You want the know-it-alls to admit the actual numbers for stand-alone morbidity ?
      Much less provide you with "suspected cases" as miraculously might alter the recovery
      presumed of any person not within the median range for co-morbidity, namely age 75.

      4. You know they won't answer and you know why. It would spoil all of the good fear
      and if so, they'd have nothing to protect you from. Get used to the new reality.

      5. In your case, that means no access to city parks, sunshine and fresh air, as cited by the
      CDC in support of defeating the COVID virus. The good news however, is that in the
      event you hate police, law and order, locally you're still free to gather by the hundreds.

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