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Hays County reports 115 new lab-confirmed COVID-19 cases

Staff Reports

EDITORIAL NOTE
According to the CDC, the State of Texas and Hays County Public Health all give the same disclaimer on all current counts and totals. “The Coronavirus (COVID-19) is a very fluid situation, and it will continue to be. All case numbers and totals are subject to change. As new information becomes available, we will publish those updates.”

Hays County Courthouse, TX – Hays County Local Health Department (HCLHD) reports 115 new lab-confirmed cases along with four (4) new hospitalizations and three (3) new hospital discharges. There are 63 additional persons considered recovered. The total number of persons considered recovered is 16,946. Please note: today’s report covers April 15 – April 16.

The current total of lab-confirmed cases for Hays County since the beginning of the pandemic is 17,760. Hays County has 576 active cases. In the past 21 days there have been 748 active cases. Hays County has had 818 total COVID-related hospitalizations and 13 people are currently hospitalized.

During the HCLHD routine data audit, 3 cases were removed from the total COVID-related fatalities.

HCLHD will send the COVID-19 report on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. The data will continue to be available on the COVID-19 dashboard Monday – Friday. We anticipate that in June we will scale back to Monday and Friday updates only.

 

Where and how to get vaccinated, and get your questions answered.

 

 

COVID Vaccine Allocation-Week 18-April 12

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NOTE: HAYS COUNTY CASE STATS & INFORMATION UPDATED FRIDAY, APRIL 16, AT 2:24 PM.

HAYS COUNTY & COVID-19: THE AFFECTS

 

* 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. C
oronavirus case and demographic stats are reported Monday – Friday exclusively. No case stats will be given on weekends and holidays.

HAYS COUNTY CORONAVIRUS DAILY UPDATE

 

HAYS COUNTY POPULATION: 230,191

Population Source: Census Bureau Population Clock

HAYS COUNTY
APRIL 13 – 14, 2021 APRIL 15 – 16, 2021
FATALITY %
1.4%
1.3%
COVID POSITIVE TEST %
10.5%
10.4%
COVID NEGATIVE TEST %
89.5%
89.6%
HOSPITALIZATION %
4.6%
4.6%
RECOVERED %
95.7%
95.4%
TOTAL TESTS (*provisionary / includes pending cases)
168,505
170,366
NEW DAILY TESTS (*provisionary) 730 1,861
TOTAL LAB CONFIRMED
(*provisionary)
17,648
17,760
ACTIVE (*provisionary) 524 576
NEW DAILY CONFIRMED 48 115
PROBABLE CASES 1,944 1,947
TOTAL RECOVERED
16,883
16,946
DAILY RECOVERED 80 63 
CASES REMOVED (*Reported On Fridays) 0
FATALITIES 241 238 
TESTED NEGATIVE (*provisionary) 150,857 152,606 
TOTAL HOSPITALIZATIONS 814 818 
CURRENT HOSPITALIZATIONS 12 13 
FEMALE
9,251 9,309 
MALE
8,397 8,451 
AMERICAN INDIAN 0.1% 0.1%
ASIAN 1.0% 1.0%
BLACK
2.9% 2.9%
NATIVE HAWAIIAN
/ PACIFIC ISLANDER
0.0% 0.0%
WHITE
69.6% 69.6%
OTHER
1.0% 1.0%
NOT SPECIFIED
/ UNKNOWN
25.4% 25.4%
HISPANIC
49.0% 49.0%
NON-HISPANIC
34.7% 34.8%
NOT SPECIFIED 16.3% 16.3%
AFFECTS BY CITY

HAYS COUNTY POPULATION: 230,191

*Hays county public health updates the following information Monday – Friday only
*Note: the totals and percentage rates below include “probable cases.” percentages may be rounded up.

CITY CASE TOTALS
ACTIVE CASES
RECOVERED FATALITIES
AUSTIN 532 21 502 9
BEAR CREEK 4 0 4 0
BUDA 3,139 103 2,998 38
CREEDMOOR 3 0 2
1
DRIFTWOOD 221 9 210 2
DRIPPING SPRINGS 847 30 808 9
HAYS 3 0 3 0
KYLE 5,683 142 5,472 69
MANCHACA 25 0 25 0
MAXWELL 65 3 61 1
MOUNTAIN CITY 45 0 44 1
NIEDERWALD 93 3 90 0
SAN MARCOS 6,358 248 6,014 96
UHLAND 33 1 32 0
WIMBERLEY 700 14 675 11
WOODCREEK 9 2 6 1
TOTAL 17,760 576
16,946
238
DEFINITIONS: CASE & CLINICAL CRITERIA

Confirmed: A case that is laboratory confirmed using a molecular diagnostic test (for example, PCR, Curative RCT-PCR, and Abbott ID Now RCT-PCR)

Probable: A case that:

Using a method approved or authorized by the FDA or designated authority meets presumptive laboratory evidence of

  1. Detection of specific antigen (Ag) in a clinical specimen, OR
  2. Detection of a specific antibody in serum, plasma, or whole blood indicative of a new or recent infection

AND meets clinical criteria

OR

Meets vital records criteria (death certificate lists COVID-19 disease or SARS-CoV-2 as a cause of death or a significant condition contributing to death) with no confirmatory laboratory testing performed for COVID-19.

Clinical criteria:

At least two of the following symptoms: fever (measured or subjective), chills, rigors, myalgia, headache, sore throat, new olfactory and taste disorder(s); OR

At least one of the following symptoms: cough, shortness of breath, or difficulty breathing; OR

Severe respiratory illness with at least one of the following:

  1. Clinical or radiographic evidence of pneumonia, or
  2. Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS)

 

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NOTE: TEXAS STATE CASE STATS & INFORMATION UPDATED FRIDAY, APRIL 16, AT 5:00 PM.

TEXAS & COVID-19: THE AFFECTS

*Texas testing data had not been updated by the time of publication*

TEXAS POPULATION: 29 MILLION

Population Source: Census Bureau Population Clock

STATE OF TEXAS APRIL 15, 2021 APRIL 16, 2021
COVID POSITIVE %
8.39%
8.4%
FATALITY %
1.99%
1.99%
TOTAL TESTED (*provisionary)
26,794,446 
26,852,683 
TOTAL MOLECULAR TESTS
(*runs a day behind)
22,139,311 
22,172,916 
TOTAL ANTIGEN TESTS
(*runs a day behind)
3,543,259 
3,566,914 
TOTAL ANTIBODY TESTS
(*runs a day behind)
1,111,876  1,112,853 
TOTAL CONFIRMED CASES
2,434,200 
2,436,571 
NEW DAILY CASES (*provisionary)
2,770 
2,225 
ACTIVE (*provisionary) 64,360  64,665 
NEW PROBABLE CASES
685 
976 
TOTAL PROBABLE CASES
399,304 
400,407 
TOTAL RECOVERED (*provisionary)
2,695,504 
2,698,558 
TOTAL RECOVERED OVER PAST 24 HOURS (*provisionary)18,957 3,394  3,054 
CURRENT HOSPITALIZATIONS (*provisionary) 2,931  2,931 
TOTAL FATALITIES (*provisionary)
48,425 
48,508
FATALITIES OVER PAST 24 HOURS (*provisionary)
84
83 
FEMALE % (updated on Friday’s)
33.7% 33.7%
MALE % (updated on Friday’s)
65.2% 65.1%
UNKNOWN % (Gender) (updated on Friday’s)
1.2% 1.2%
ASIAN % (updated on Friday’s)
1.2% 1.2%
BLACK % (updated on Friday’s)
16.7% 16.6%
HISPANIC % (updated on Friday’s)
36.2% 36.1%
OTHER % (updated on Friday’s)
0.6% 0.7%
WHITE % (updated on Friday’s)
34.3% 34.4%
UNKNOWN % (updated on Friday’s)
11% 11%

 

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*NOTE: U.S. & INTERNATIONAL CASE COUNTS & STATS UPDATED ON FRIDAY, APRIL 14, AT 2
:52 AM

U.S. CORONAVIRUS CASE OVERVIEW

*Disclaimer: This data is provisional and the situation changes rapidly and might not reflect some cases still being reported.

US POPULATION: 330 MILLION

U.S. OVERVIEW

POSITIVE /
% RATE

FATALITIES /
% RATE

RECOVERED
ACTIVE
APRIL 16
(*provisionary)
32,224,139 /
9.76%
578,993 /
1.80%
24,770,980 6,874,166
APRIL 15
(*provisionary)
32,149,223 /
9.74%
578,092 /
1.80%

24,696,161 6,874,970

Population Source: Census Bureau Population Clock

INTERNATIONAL CORONAVIRUS CASE OVERVIEW

*Disclaimer: This data is provisional and the situation changes rapidly and might not reflect some cases still being reported.

WORLD POPULATION: 7.7 BILLION

WORLDWIDE
OVERVIEW
POSITIVE /
% RATE
FATALITIES /
% RATE
RECOVERED ACTIVE
APRIL 16
(*provisionary)
139,768,352 /
1.82%
3,001,658 /
2.15%
118,806,620 17,923,325
APRIL 15
(*provisionary)
138,902,653 /
1.80%
2,987,189 /
2.15%
111,681,585 24,233,879

Population Source: Census Bureau Population Clock

 


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