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Hays County reports 77 new lab-confirmed COVID-19 cases

Get COVID case stats for Hays County, Texas, where and how to get vaccinated, and have your questions answered.

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, San Marcos, TX – Hays County Local Health Department (HCLHD) reports 77 new lab-confirmed cases along with three (3) new hospitalizations and five (5) new hospital discharges since Friday’s report. There are 17 additional persons considered recovered. The total number of persons considered recovered is 16,431.
The current total of lab-confirmed cases for Hays County since the beginning of the pandemic is 17,121. Hays County has 454 active cases. In the past 21 days there have been 632 active cases. Hays County has had 787 total COVID-related hospitalizations and seven (7) people are currently hospitalized.

As of today, March 29, all adults are eligible for a vaccine in Texas according to the state health department.

Hays County issued a news release about the change; it’s available on our website:
https://hayscountytx.com/2021/03/23/dshs-opens-vaccine-eligibility-to-all-adults-beginning-march-29/

According to Kim Hilsenbeck, Hays County Communications Manager, Hays County is not on the list to receive vaccines from the Texas Department of State Health Servies this week. 

“During the week of the winter storm, we were unable to hold any clinics, which put us behind,” Hilsenbeck said. “After internal conversations with our Office of Emergency Services, we decided to request our DSHS allocation of vaccine doses be suspended this week to allow our clinics and partners to catch up. Our normal allocation will resume next week.”

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

 

 

HERE IS WHERE YOU CAN GET THE VACCINE IN TEXAS & HAYS COUNTY

HAYS COUNTY & TEXAS COVID VACCINE STATS

.*These totals were updated by the Texas Department of State Health Services and
are updated by 4 PM each day with data as of 11:59 PM the previous night.

COMPARISON – HAYS COUNTY VS. STATE OF TEXAS:
PERCENTAGE OF POPULATION VACCINATED

  POPULATION
FIRST DOSE FULLY VACCINATED
HAYS COUNTY
(est.*16 yrs and older)
183,380
53,454 OR 29.15% 27,872 OR 15.20%
HAYS COUNTY
(est. total Population)
230,091
53,454 OR 23.23% 27,872 OR 12.11%
STATE OF TEXAS 29,000,000
7,043,729 OR 24.29% 3,683,989 OR 12.70%

 

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NOTE: HAYS COUNTY CASE STATS & INFORMATION UPDATED MONDAY, MARCH 29, AT 4:03 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

HAYS COUNTY
MARCH 26, 2021 MARCH 27 – 29, 2021
FATALITY %
1.4%
1.4%
COVID POSITIVE TEST %
10.7%
10.7%
COVID NEGATIVE TEST %
89.3%
89.3%
HOSPITALIZATION %
4.6%
4.6%
RECOVERED %
96.3%
96.0%
TOTAL TESTS (*provisionary / includes pending cases)
158,763
159,895
NEW DAILY TESTS (*provisionary) 989
1,132 
TOTAL LAB CONFIRMED
(*provisionary)
17,044
17,121 
ACTIVE (*provisionary) 394
454 
NEW DAILY CONFIRMED 27
77 
PROBABLE CASES 1,872
1,887 
TOTAL RECOVERED
16,414
16,431 
DAILY RECOVERED 35
17 
CASES REMOVED (*Reported On Fridays) 1
0
FATALITIES 236
236 
TESTED NEGATIVE (*provisionary) 141,719 142,774 
TOTAL HOSPITALIZATIONS 784
787 
CURRENT HOSPITALIZATIONS 9
FEMALE
8,916
8,958 
MALE
8,128 8,163 
AMERICAN INDIAN 0.1% 0.1%
ASIAN 0.7% 0.7%
BLACK
2.6% 2.6%
NATIVE HAWAIIAN
/ PACIFIC ISLANDER
0.0% 0.0%
WHITE
70.2% 70.2%
OTHER
1.0% 1.0%
NOT SPECIFIED
/ UNKNOWN
25.4% 25.4%
HISPANIC
49.1% 49.1%
NON-HISPANIC
34.4% 34.4%
NOT SPECIFIED 16.6% 16.5%
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 509 10 489 10
BEAR CREEK 4 0 4 0
BUDA 3,025 64 2,924 37
CREEDMOOR 3 0 2
1
DRIFTWOOD 211 3 207 1
DRIPPING SPRINGS 814 36 769 9
HAYS 3 0 3 0
KYLE 5,516 132 5,310 74
MANCHACA 25 0 25 0
MAXWELL 62 3 58 1
MOUNTAIN CITY 44 2 41 1
NIEDERWALD 90 1 89 0
SAN MARCOS 6,094 184 5,819 91
UHLAND 32 2 30 0
WIMBERLEY 682 17 655 10
WOODCREEK 7 0 6 1
TOTAL 17,121 454
16,431
236
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 CASE STATS & INFORMATION UPDATED MONDAY, MARCH 29, AT 1:55 PM.

TEXAS & COVID-19: THE AFFECTS

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

TEXAS POPULATION: 29 MILLION

STATE OF TEXAS MARCH 28, 2021 MARCH 29, 2021
COVID POSITIVE %
8.23%
8.24%
FATALITY %
1.98%
1.97%
TOTAL TESTED (*provisionary)
25,405,674 
25,467,497
TOTAL MOLECULAR TESTS
(*runs a day behind)
21,159,863 
21,199,010
TOTAL ANTIGEN TESTS
(*runs a day behind)
3,161,996 
3,182,101
TOTAL ANTIBODY TESTS
(*runs a day behind)
1,083,815  1,086,386
TOTAL CONFIRMED CASES
2,386,312 
2,388,650
NEW DAILY CASES (*provisionary)
1,918 
1,881
ACTIVE (*provisionary) 99,685  96,950
NEW PROBABLE CASES
367
339
TOTAL PROBABLE CASES
385,768 
387,019
TOTAL RECOVERED (*provisionary)
2,620,961 
2,627,174
TOTAL RECOVERED OVER PAST 24 HOURS (*provisionary)18,957 2,217  6,213 
CURRENT HOSPITALIZATIONS (*provisionary) 3,104  3,146
TOTAL FATALITIES (*provisionary)
47,156 
47,169
FATALITIES OVER PAST 24 HOURS (*provisionary)
63
13
FEMALE % (updated on Friday’s)
33.5% 33.5%
MALE % (updated on Friday’s)
65.3% 65.3%
UNKNOWN % (Gender) (updated on Friday’s)
1.2% 1.2%
ASIAN % (updated on Friday’s)
1.2% 1.2%
BLACK % (updated on Friday’s)
16.8% 16.8%
HISPANIC % (updated on Friday’s)
36.3% 36.3%
OTHER % (updated on Friday’s)
0.6% 0.6%
WHITE % (updated on Friday’s)
34.1% 34.1%
UNKNOWN % (updated on Friday’s)
11% 11%

 

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*NOTE: U.S. & INTERNATIONAL CASE COUNTS & STATS UPDATED ON MONDAY, MARCH 29, AT 2
:50 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
MARCH 29
(*provisionary)
30,962,803 /
9.38%
562,526 /
1.82%
23,410,884 6,989,393
MARCH 28
(*provisionary)
30,917,142 /
9.37%
562,013 /
1.82%

23,348,510 7,006,619

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
MARCH 29
(*provisionary)
127,838,745 /
1.66%
2,797,326 /
2.19%
103,042,863 21,998,556
MARCH 28
(*provisionary)
127,362,208 /
1.65%
2,790,831 /
2.19%
102,635,287 21,936,090

Population Source: Census Bureau Population Clock

 


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