Categories: Coronaviris Updates

Hays County Reports Three COVID-Related Fatalities

Staff

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.”

As viruses, like COVID, evolve and mutate over time, the science community, e.g., Centers for Disease Control (CDC), the National Institute of Health (NIH), and the Federal Drug Administration (FDA), acquire more knowledge at a rapid pace.

Furthermore, as a consequence of how viruses evolve, people should expect change to occur rapidly.

Just as viruses evolve, so does the data.

Epidemiologist Greggory Drew said the numbers would continue to change as data is made available to the health department team.

“We actively review and evaluate the data we are provided, but due to the errors in reporting from testing facilities, we are correcting data as it comes to the health department,” Drew said.

“Since the pandemic began, we’ve been improving our processes and data reporting protocols as we evolve, and new information comes to light,” said Tammy Crumley, Director of Countywide Operations and the Hays County Health Department.

.

.

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

 

.

Graphic credit to Corridor News

.

..

LATEST HAYS COUNTY COVID-19

*UPDATE TUESDAY, JANUARY 5, AT 3:53 PM
* 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.

SPECIAL NOTE: Hays County’s Coronavirus case and demographic stats are reported Monday – Friday exclusively. No new stats will be given on weekends and holidays.
.

HAYS COUNTY CORONAVIRUS DAILY UPDATE

HAYS COUNTY POPULATION:
230,191

HAYS COUNTY COVID PERCENTAGE POSITIVE:
4.89%

HAYS COUNTY FATALITY RATE:
1.21%

Latest Fatalities as of 01/04/2021: Hays County Local Health Department (HCLHD) reports three (3) COVID-related fatalities: a Kyle man in his 70s, a Kyle male in his 60s and a Wimberley female in her 70s.

HAYS COUNTY
JAN 1-4, 2021 JAN 5, 2021
TOTAL TESTS (*provisionary / includes pending cases)
88,285
89,613 
NEW DAILY TESTS (*provisionary) 2,112  1,328
TOTAL LAB CONFIRMED
(*provisionary)
10,958
11,162 
ACTIVE (*provisionary) 1,737 1,690 
NEW DAILY CONFIRMED 323 204 
PROBABLE CASES 1,313 1,343 
TOTAL RECOVERED
9,088
9,336 
DAILY RECOVERED 215 248 
CASES REMOVED (*Reported On Fridays) N/A N/A 
FATALITIES 133 136 
NEGATIVE (*provisionary) 77,327 78,451 
TOTAL HOSPITALIZATIONS 565 575 
CURRENT HOSPITALIZATIONS 36 39 

 

HAYS COUNTY DAILY CHANGE IN NEW CASES PER CITY

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

CITY TOTAL CASES ACTIVE CASES RECOVERED FATALITIES
AUSTIN 285 58 218 9
BEAR CREEK 4 0 4 0
BUDA 1,888 365 1,505 18
CREEDMOOR 3 1 2 0
DRIFTWOOD 140 30 110 0
DRIPPING SPRINGS 471 99 367 5
HAYS 0 0 0 0
KYLE 3,449 493 2,913 43
MANCHACA 17 4 13 0
MAXWELL 15 3 12 0
MOUNTAIN CITY 29 7 21 1
NIEDERWALD 57 11 46 0
SAN MARCOS 4,421 543 3,825 53
UHLAND 26 2 24 0
WIMBERLEY 355 74 274 7
WOODCREEK 2 0 2 0
TOTAL 11,162 1,690 9,336 136
.

HAYS COUNTY POSITIVE TEST BY AGE AND GENDER

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

AGE RANGE FEMALE MALE TOTAL
0-9 yrs. 323 277 600
10-19 yrs. 792 667 1,459
20-29 yrs. 1,800 1,679 3,479
30-39 yrs. 934 837 1,771
40-49 yrs. 794 690 1,484
50-59 yrs. 548 554 1,102
60-69 yrs. 372 327 699
70-79 yrs. 181 175 356
> 80 yrs. 133 79 212
Total 5,877 5,285 11,162
.

HAYS COUNTY DRILL DOWN OF ETHNICITY & GENDER

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

ETHNICITY FEMALE MALE TOTAL % OF CASES
HISPANIC 2,761 2,457 5,218 46.8%
NON-HISPANIC 1,817 1,671 3,488 31.3%
NOT-SPECIFIED 1,299 1,157 2,456 22.0%
TOTAL 5,877 5,285 11,162 100.0%
.

HAYS COUNTY DRILL DOWN BY RACE

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

RACE PERCENTAGE OF CASES
AMERICAN INDIAN 0.1%
ASIAN 0.7%
BLACK 2.5%
NATIVE HAWAIIAN
/ PACIFIC ISLANDER
0%
WHITE 70.0%
NOT SPECIFIED
/ UNKNOWN
1.6%

Case 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)
    .

.

LATEST TEXAS COVID-19 CASE TOTALS

*UPDATED ON TUESDAY, JANUARY 5, AT 4:00 PM

Disclaimer: COVID-19 is a fast-moving situation. The information included below is provisional and subject to change. All Texas data 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 NR, the latest information has not been released/reported by state agencies; the table will be updated when the data is available.

TEXAS POPULATION:
29 MILLION

PERCENTAGE OF TEXANS COVID POSITIVE:
5.60%

FATALITY RATE FOR TEXANS:
1.73%

 

STATE OF TEXAS JAN 4, 2021 JAN 5, 2021
TOTAL TESTED (*provisionary) 16,225,891
16,345,435
TOTAL MOLECULAR TESTS (*runs a day behind) 14,189,167
14,289,87
TOTAL ANTIGEN TESTS (*runs a day behind) 1,241,302
1,257,275
TOTAL ANTIBODY TESTS (*runs a day behind) 795,422
798,283 
TOTAL CONFIRMED CASES
1,598,713
1,626,568 
NEW DAILY CASES (*provisionary)
15,976
26,543 
ACTIVE (*provisionary) 306,522
314,465 
NEW PROBABLE CASES 1,963
3,637 
TOTAL PROBABLE CASES
212,810
216,585 
TOTAL RECOVERED (*provisionary) 1,464,746
1,488,189 
TOTAL RECOVERED OVER PAST 24 HOURS (*provisionary) 12,900 23,443 
CURRENT HOSPITALIZATIONS (*provisionary) 12,961
13,308 
TOTAL FATALITIES (*provisionary) 27,969
 28,219
FATALITIES OVER PAST 24 HOURS (*provisionary)
52
250 
FEMALE (updated on Friday’s)
34.8% 34.8%
MALE (updated on Friday’s)
63.8% 63.8%
UNKNOWN (Gender) (updated on Friday’s)
1.3% 1.3%
ASIAN (updated on Friday’s)
1.3% 1.3%
BLACK (updated on Friday’s)
16.3% 16.3%
HISPANIC (updated on Friday’s)
16.3% 16.3%
OTHER (updated on Friday’s)
0.5% 0.5%
WHITE (updated on Friday’s)
30.8% 30.8%
UNKNOWN (updated on Friday’s)
12% 12%

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. CORONAVIRUS CASE OVERVIEW

*UPDATED ON TUESDAY, JANUARY 5, AT 3:39 AM
*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 / PERCENTAGE
FATALITIES /
PERCENTAGE

RECOVERED
ACTIVE
JANUARY 5
(*provisionary)
20,969,667 /
6.35%
356,160 /
1.70%
9,471,656 11,141,851
JANUARY 4
(*provisionary)
20,797,336 /
6.30%
354,720 /
1.71%

9,312,768 11,129,848

Population Source: Census Bureau Population Clock

.

WORLDWIDE CORONAVIRUS CASE OVERVIEW

*UPDATED ON TUESDAY, JANUARY 5, AT 3:39 AM
*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 /
PERCENTAGE
FATALITIES /
PERCENTAGE
RECOVERED ACTIVE
JANUARY 5
(*provisionary)
85,689,897 /
1.11%
1,853,725 /
2.16%
48,164,267 35,671,905
JANUARY 4
(*provisionary)
85,172,095 /
1.11%
1,,844,153 /
2.17%
47,913,862 35,414,080

Population Source: Census Bureau Population Clock

Share
Published by
Staff

Recent Posts

San Marcos City Council reviews Sidewalk Maintenance and Gap Infill Program

The San Marcos City Council received a presentation on the Sidewalk Maintenance and Gap Infill…

2 years ago

San Marcos River Rollers skate on and rebuild

The San Marcos River Rollers have skated through obstacles after taking a two-year break during…

2 years ago

After 8 Years, San Marcos Corridor News Bids Our Readers Farewell

San Marcos Corridor News has been reporting on the incredible communities in the Hays County…

2 years ago

High bacteria levels at Jacobs Well halts swimming season

Visitors won't be able to swim in the crystal clear waters of the Jacobs Well Natural…

2 years ago

Pets of the Week: Meet Sally & Nutella!

Looking to adopt or foster animals from the local shelter? Here are the San Marcos…

2 years ago

Texas still leads in workplace deaths among Hispanics

The Lone Star State leads the nation in labor-related accidents and especially workplace deaths and…

2 years ago

This website uses cookies.