Categories: Coronaviris Updates

Hays County reports one COVID-related death and 17 new 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.”

According to the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS), Texas will receive more than 1 million COVID-19 vaccines, and Hays County 4,680 in weekly vaccine allocations.

DSHS reported that Hays County had vaccinated 28,820 with a single dose, and an additional 15,081 have received their second dose.

Out of 254 Texas counties, Hays County is the 17th highest population that falls into Phase 1B for ages 16-65 with any medical condition.

The vaccine will be shipped to providers across Texas next week. The state is allocating 929,320 doses to 1,651 providers in 234 counties.

More than 200,000 additional doses will be available to pharmacy locations and federally-qualified health centers directly from the federal government.

The significant increase is largely due to a supply of 245,200 doses of the new Johnson & Johnson vaccine coming to the state.

The single-dose vaccine was authorized last weekend by the FDA and began shipping this week with 24,000 doses delivered to providers participating in the federally-supported vaccination sites in Arlington, Dallas, and Houston.

Texas has now administered nearly 6.3 million doses. More than 4 million people have received at least one dose, and more than 2.2 million are fully vaccinated.

Progress continues in vaccinating adults 65 years old and older with 48 percent having received at least one dose and more than 1 million seniors – more than one-quarter of the Texans in that age group – now fully vaccinated.

In addition to the first doses mentioned above, the state is ordering 457,000 doses intended as the second dose for people first vaccinated a few weeks ago.

DSHS automatically orders second doses to arrive at providers in the week they can begin to be administered, so they will be available when needed.

People should be able to return to the same provider to receive their second dose within six weeks of getting the first.

Texas continues to vaccinate health care workers, residents of long-term care facilities, people 65 and older, and those with medical conditions that put them at greater risk of hospitalization and death from COVID-19.

This week, the state added school and child care workers to the list of people eligible to be vaccinated.

According to a federal directive, the action means that “those who work in pre-primary, primary, and secondary schools and those who work as or for licensed child care providers” may now be vaccinated by any vaccine provider in Texas.

People can find more information on the COVID-19 vaccine at dshs.texas.gov/covidvaccine/.

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Not only for your safety but the protection of others, please follow the following guidelines.

 

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NOTE: HAYS COUNTY CASE STATS & INFORMATION UPDATED FRIDAY, MARCH 12, AT 1:37 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 11, 2021 MARCH 12, 2021
FATALITY %
1.4%
1.4%
COVID POSITIVE TEST %
11.2%
11.1%
COVID NEGATIVE TEST %
88.8%
88.9%
HOSPITALIZATION %
4.6%
4.6%
RECOVERED %
95.8%
95.9%
TOTAL TESTS (*provisionary / includes pending cases)
149,104
149,819
NEW DAILY TESTS (*provisionary) 754
715 
TOTAL LAB CONFIRMED
(*provisionary)
16,651
16,668 
ACTIVE (*provisionary) 473
446 
NEW DAILY CONFIRMED 36
17 
PROBABLE CASES 1,839
1,839 
TOTAL RECOVERED
15,947
15,990 
DAILY RECOVERED 60
43 
CASES REMOVED (*Reported On Fridays) N/A
FATALITIES 231
232 
TESTED NEGATIVE (*provisionary) 132,453
133,151 
TOTAL HOSPITALIZATIONS 764
764 
CURRENT HOSPITALIZATIONS 10

 

 

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 499 16
473 10
BEAR CREEK 4 0 4 0
BUDA 2,961 106 2,819 36
CREEDMOOR 3 0 2
1
DRIFTWOOD 208 7 200 1
DRIPPING SPRINGS 778 36 733 9
HAYS 3 0 3 0
KYLE 5,384 102 5,210 72
MANCHACA 25 2 23 0
MAXWELL 59 9 49 1
MOUNTAIN CITY 42 2 39 1
NIEDERWALD 89 0 89 0
SAN MARCOS 5,911 144 5,677 90
UHLAND 30 1 29 0
WIMBERLEY 665 21 634 10
WOODCREEK 7 0 6 1
TOTAL 16,668 446
15,947
232
BY AGE AND GENDER

*Hays County Public Health updates the following information Monday – Friday only

AGE RANGE FEMALE MALE TOTAL
0-9 yrs. 524 536 1,060
10-19 yrs. 1,326 1,148 2,474
20-29 yrs. 2,458 2,268 4,726
30-39 yrs. 1,343 1,213 2,556
40-49 yrs. 1,210 1,052 2,262
50-59 yrs. 831 838 1,669
60-69 yrs. 560 521 1,081
70-79 yrs. 267 265 532
> 80 yrs. 189 119 308
Total 8,708 7,960 16,668
BY ETHNICITY AND GENDER

*Hays County Public Health updates the following information Monday – Friday only

ETHNICITY FEMALE MALE TOTAL % OF CASES
HISPANIC 4,302 3,885 8,187 49.1%
NON-HISPANIC 2,952 2,733 5,685 34.1%
NOT-SPECIFIED 1,454 1,342 2,796 16.8%
TOTAL 8,708 7,960 16,668 100.0%

BY RACE

*Hays County Public Health updates the following information Monday – Friday only

RACE PERCENTAGE OF CASES
AMERICAN INDIAN 0.1%
ASIAN 1.0%
BLACK 2.7%
NATIVE HAWAIIAN
/ PACIFIC ISLANDER
0%
WHITE 69.7%
OTHER 1.0%
NOT SPECIFIED
/ UNKNOWN
25.5%
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)

 

 

TEXAS & COVID-19: THE AFFECTS

NOTE: TEXAS CASE STATS & INFORMATION UPDATED FRIDAY, MARCH 12, AT 3:35 PM

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

TEXAS POPULATION: 29 MILLION

STATE OF TEXAS MARCH 11, 2021 MARCH 12, 2021
COVID POSITIVE %
8.05%
8.06%
FATALITY %
1.93%
1.94%
TOTAL TESTED (*provisionary)
23,973,238
24,060,014 
TOTAL MOLECULAR TESTS (*runs a day behind)
20,169,205
20,215,388 
TOTAL ANTIGEN TESTS (*runs a day behind)
2,760,075
2,798,809 
TOTAL ANTIBODY TESTS (*runs a day behind) 1,043,958 1,045,817 
TOTAL CONFIRMED CASES
2,333,796
2,338,763 
NEW DAILY CASES (*provisionary)
3,032
4,650 
ACTIVE (*provisionary) 121,882 121,115 
NEW PROBABLE CASES
1,021
1,428 
TOTAL PROBABLE CASES
370,548
372,086 
TOTAL RECOVERED (*provisionary)
2,534,100
2,540,820 
TOTAL RECOVERED OVER PAST 24 HOURS (*provisionary)18,957 7,638 6,720 
CURRENT HOSPITALIZATIONS (*provisionary) 4,406
4,229 
TOTAL FATALITIES (*provisionary)
45,106
45,318 
FATALITIES OVER PAST 24 HOURS (*provisionary)
231
212 
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% 33.8%
BLACK % (updated on Friday’s)
16.7% 16.7%
HISPANIC % (updated on Friday’s)
36.6% 36.6%
OTHER % (updated on Friday’s)
0.6% 1.2%
WHITE % (updated on Friday’s)
33.8% 0.6%
UNKNOWN % (updated on Friday’s)
11.1% 11.1%

 

*NOTE: U.S. & INTERNATIONAL CASE COUNTS & STATS UPDATED ON FRIDAY, MARCH 12, AT 3:39 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 12
(*provisionary)
29,925,902 /
9.09%
543,721 /
1.82%
20,790,554 8,591,627
MARCH 11
(*provisionary)
29,862,124 /
9.05%
542,191 /
1.82%

20,640,270 8,679,663

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 12
(*provisionary)
119,189,470 /
1.55%
2,643,357 /
2.22%
94,782,335 21,763,778
MARCH 11
(*provisionary)
118,714,747 /
1.54%
2,633,819 /
2.22%
94,300,705 21,780,223

Population Source: Census Bureau Population Clock

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