Hays County reports three COVID-related fatalities

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 received 676,280 COVID-19 vaccines, and Hays County received 4,680 weekly vaccine allocations.

On Saturday, DSHS reported that Hays County had vaccinated 24,385 with a single dose, and an additional 10,820 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 number of COVID-19 vaccine doses shipping to Texas providers continues to climb, with 676,280 first doses allocated to the state by the federal government for the week of March 1.

The DSHS has instructed the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to ship those doses to 522 providers in 199 counties.

The total includes 84,240 doses for federally-supported sites in Houston and North Texas and another 52,650 unused doses returned to Texas by the Federal Pharmacy Partnership for Long-Term Care.

Texas providers swiftly resumed vaccination following last week’s winter storms and have now administered more than 5 million doses. More than 3.3 million people have received at least one dose, and almost 1.7 million are fully vaccinated.

Progress continues in vaccinating adults 65 years old and older, with more than 40 percent have received at least one dose and nearly 1 in 5 fully vaccinated.

Hays County Local Health Department reports three COVID-related fatalities: a Buda man in his 50s, a Kyle man in his 60s, and a San Marcos man in his 90s. The Department also reports 75 new lab-confirmed cases since Friday along with eight new hospitalizations and 15 new hospital discharges. There are 42 additional persons considered recovered. The total number of persons considered recovered is 15,619.

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NOTE: HAYS COUNTY CASE STATS & INFORMATION UPDATED MONDAY, MARCH 1, AT 3:54 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.
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HAYS COUNTY CORONAVIRUS DAILY UPDATE

 

HAYS COUNTY POPULATION: 230,191

HAYS COUNTY
FEB 26, 2022 FEB 27- MARCH 1, 2021
FATALITY %
1.31%
1.3%
COVID POSITIVE TEST %
7.07%
7.1%
COVID NEGATIVE TEST %
88.2%
88.3%
HOSPITALIZATION %
4.5%
4.6%
RECOVERED %
95.7%
95.6%
TOTAL TESTS (*provisionary / includes pending cases)
138,151
139,515 
NEW DAILY TESTS (*provisionary) 678 1,364
TOTAL LAB CONFIRMED
(*provisionary)
16,270
16,345 
ACTIVE (*provisionary) 480 510 
NEW DAILY CONFIRMED 46 75 
PROBABLE CASES 1,787 1,793 
TOTAL RECOVERED
15,577
15,519 
DAILY RECOVERED 61 42 
CASES REMOVED (*Reported On Fridays) 2 N/A 
FATALITIES 213 216 
TESTED NEGATIVE (*provisionary) 121,881 123,170 
TOTAL HOSPITALIZATIONS 740 748 
CURRENT HOSPITALIZATIONS 29 22 

 

 

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 490 31 /
6.3%
449 /
91.6%
10 /
2%
BEAR CREEK 4 0 /
0%
4 /
100%
0 /
0%
BUDA 2,881 104/
3.6%
2,745 /
95.3%
32 /
1.1%
CREEDMOOR 3 0 /
0%
2 /
66.7%
1 /
33.3%
DRIFTWOOD 200 2/
1%
198 /
99%
0 /
0%
DRIPPING SPRINGS 747 29 /
3.9%
709 /
94.9%
9 /
1.2%
HAYS 3 0 /
0%
3 /
100%
0 /
0%
KYLE 5,305 159 /
3%
5,078 /
95.7%
68 /
1.3%
MANCHACA 23 0 /
0%
23 /
100%
0 /
0%
MAXWELL 52 7 /
13.5%
44 /
84.6%
1 /
1.9%
MOUNTAIN CITY 40 1 /
2.5%
38 /
95%
1 /
2.5%
NIEDERWALD 89 1 /
1.1%
88 /
98.9%
0 /
0%
SAN MARCOS 5,825 148 /
2.5%
5,593 /
96%
84/
1.4%
UHLAND 29 1 /
3.4%
28 /
96.6%
0 /
0%
WIMBERLEY 647 27 /
4.2%
611 /
94.4%
9 /
1.4%
WOODCREEK 7 0 /
0%
6 /
85.7%
1 /
14.3%
TOTAL 16,345 510 /
3.1%
15,619 /
95.6%
216 /
1.3%
BY AGE AND GENDER

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

AGE RANGE FEMALE MALE TOTAL
0-9 yrs. 516 525 1,041
10-19 yrs. 1,291 1,114 2,405
20-29 yrs. 2,411 2,242 4,653
30-39 yrs. 1,315 1,189 2,504
40-49 yrs. 1,180 1,029 2,209
50-59 yrs. 816 832 1,648
60-69 yrs. 553 511 1,064
70-79 yrs. 259 262 521
> 80 yrs. 182 117 300
Total 8,524 7,821 16,345
BY ETHNICITY AND GENDER

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

ETHNICITY FEMALE MALE TOTAL % OF CASES
HISPANIC 4,212 3,826 8,038 49.18%
NON-HISPANIC 2,865 2,663 5,528 33.82%
NOT-SPECIFIED 1,447 1,332 2,779 17.00%
TOTAL 8,524 7,821 16,345 100.0%
BY RACE
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*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 69.6%
OTHER 1.0%
NOT SPECIFIED
/ UNKNOWN
25.6%
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)

 

 

NOTE: TEXAS CASE STATS & INFORMATION UPDATED MONDAY, MARCH 1, AT 4:50 PM

TEXAS & COVID-19: THE AFFECTS

TEXAS POPULATION: 29 MILLION

STATE OF TEXAS FEB 28, 2021
MARCH 1, 2021
COVID POSITIVE %
7.87%
7.90%
FATALITY %
1.88%
1.88%
TOTAL TESTED (*provisionary)
23,050,312 
23,093,465 
TOTAL MOLECULAR TESTS (*runs a day behind)
19,557,682 
19,595,211 
TOTAL ANTIGEN TESTS (*runs a day behind)
2,477,824 
2,481,635 
TOTAL ANTIBODY TESTS (*runs a day behind) 1,014,806  1,016,619 
TOTAL CONFIRMED CASES
2,287,135 
2,292,097 
NEW DAILY CASES (*provisionary)
2,921
1,637 
ACTIVE (*provisionary) 160,268  156,989 
NEW PROBABLE CASES
715
344
TOTAL PROBABLE CASES
356,889 
355,748 
TOTAL RECOVERED (*provisionary)
2,422,369 
2,429,453 
TOTAL RECOVERED OVER PAST 24 HOURS (*provisionary)18,957 4,784
7,084 
CURRENT HOSPITALIZATIONS (*provisionary) 5,696
5,611 
TOTAL FATALITIES (*provisionary)
42,936 
42,995 
FATALITIES OVER PAST 24 HOURS (*provisionary)
197
59
FEMALE % (updated on Friday’s)
33.4% 33.4%
MALE % (updated on Friday’s)
65.4% 65.4%
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% 16.7%
HISPANIC % (updated on Friday’s)
36.7% 36.7%
OTHER % (updated on Friday’s)
0.6% 0.6%
WHITE % (updated on Friday’s)
33.7% 33.7%
UNKNOWN % (updated on Friday’s)
11.1% 11.1%

 

 

*NOTE: U.S. & INTERNATIONAL CASE COUNTS & STATS UPDATED ON MONDAY, MARCH 1, AT 4:17 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.

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US POPULATION: 330 MILLION

U.S. OVERVIEW

POSITIVE /
% RATE

FATALITIES /
% RATE

RECOVERED
ACTIVE
MARCH 1
(*provisionary)
29,255,365 /
8.87%
525,778 /
1.80%
19,694,337 9,035,250
FEBRUARY 28
(*provisionary)
29,202,824 /
8.85%
524,669 /
1.80%

19,632,523 99,045,632

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 1
(*provisionary)
114,738,603 /
1.49%
2,544,265 /
2.22%
90,294,960 21,899,389
FEBRUARY 28
(*provisionary)
114,414,886 /
1.49%
2,538,333 /
2.22%
89,975,334 21,901,219

Population Source: Census Bureau Population Clock

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2 Comments

  1. KSAT has been running a COVID memorial page for the past 3 days. Anyone that has lost a loved one can post a picture and narrative. It currently sits at 11 posts. All of the dead are older. The youngest appears to be at least 45 having survived multiple bouts with cancer. Each of these are sad incidents and I’m sure there are more families that prefer to greave in private. But its been over a year. “Li Wenliang” died over a year ago. We are rapidly approaching the 25th renewal of “15 Days to Slow the Spread.”

    A few days back Ware And Rima said they’d never have abided this long when they were kids. Clearly, I have a problem abiding now. Yet this generation of young folks go along just fine. Why the generational difference? I questioned why the flags were at half mast. I forgot Biden had ordered it to provide a visual reminder to the Rona. A college girl, said I guess that makes sense and compared it to 11 Sep 2001. I told her not even that was worth it. She couldn’t understand. She has no pre-WTC2 memories. Twenty years later and we are still fighting the GWOT, OCO, or whatever Biden will rename it.

    Rona is on the same path. Will we still be masked when my kids start college? When does it stop? When will you have your fill? This isn’t about Grandma or Grandpa. Three days, a metro area of over two million, and only 11 photos. The death toll isn’t what it feels like. When will you take a stand to get your life back?

  2. Its now been over a week since KSAT posted its COVID memorial page. In the last six days, there as been exactly one (1) new addition. It brings the total to twelve (12). Again, I fully recognize that some families may prefer to grieve in private. However, the San Antonio Scary Red Dashboard shows over 2,800 deaths. I see roadside memorials honoring the memory of traffic fatalities throughout the area.

    Fewer people die per year than have died from the Rona, but their deaths appear to be treated differently. Isn’t a life a life?
    How am I supposed to reconcile these ideas? Just how padded are the Rona-Related death figures?

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