Hays County reports five COVID-19 related deaths

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.

The March 2 COVID-19 Update: Hays County Local Health Department (HCLHD) reports five COVID-related fatalities, a Buda man in his 50s, a Kyle man in his 60s, a Kyle woman in her 90s, a San Marcos man in his 30s, and Wimberley woman in her 90s.

The Department also reports 54 new lab-confirmed cases along with four (4) new hospitalizations and six (6) new hospital discharges. There are 0 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 TUESDAY, MARCH 2, AT 4:00 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
FEB 27- MARCH 1, 2021
MARCH 2, 2021
FATALITY %
1.3%
1.3%
COVID POSITIVE TEST %
7.1%
7.1%
COVID NEGATIVE TEST %
88.3%
88.4%
HOSPITALIZATION %
4.6%
4.6%
RECOVERED %
95.6%
95.2%
TOTAL TESTS (*provisionary / includes pending cases)
139,515
141,644 
NEW DAILY TESTS (*provisionary) 1,364 2,129 
TOTAL LAB CONFIRMED
(*provisionary)
16,345
16,399 
ACTIVE (*provisionary) 510 559 
NEW DAILY CONFIRMED 75 49 
PROBABLE CASES 1,793 1,802 
TOTAL RECOVERED
15,519
15,619 
DAILY RECOVERED 42 100 
CASES REMOVED (*Reported On Fridays) N/A N/A 
FATALITIES 216 221 
TESTED NEGATIVE (*provisionary) 123,170 125,245 
TOTAL HOSPITALIZATIONS 748 752 
CURRENT HOSPITALIZATIONS 22 20 

 

 

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 33 /
6.7%
449 /
91.3%
10 /
2%
BEAR CREEK 4 0 /
0%
4 /
100%
0 /
0%
BUDA 2,896 117/
4%
2,746 /
94.8%
33 /
1.1%
CREEDMOOR 3 0 /
0%
2 /
66.7%
1 /
33.3%
DRIFTWOOD 202 4/
2%
198 /
98%
0 /
0%
DRIPPING SPRINGS 752 34 /
4.5%
709 /
94.3%
9 /
1.2%
HAYS 3 0 /
0%
3 /
100%
0 /
0%
KYLE 5,315 170 /
3.2%
5,075 /
95.5%
70 /
1.3%
MANCHACA 23 0 /
0%
23 /
100%
0 /
0%
MAXWELL 53 8 /
15.1%
44 /
83%
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 5,832 153 /
2.6%
5,594 /
95.9%
85/
1.5%
UHLAND 29 1 /
3.4%
28 /
96.6%
0 /
0%
WIMBERLEY 659 37 /
5.6%
612 /
92.9%
10 /
1.5%
WOODCREEK 7 0 /
0%
6 /
85.7%
1 /
14.3%
TOTAL 16,399 559 /
3.4%
15,619 /
95.2%
221 /
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. 517 527 1,044
10-19 yrs. 1,297 1,118 2,415
20-29 yrs. 2,414 2,246 4,660
30-39 yrs. 1,319 1,195 2,514
40-49 yrs. 1,186 1,034 2,220
50-59 yrs. 819 834 1,653
60-69 yrs. 556 511 1,067
70-79 yrs. 261 262 523
> 80 yrs. 186 117 303
Total 8,555 7,844 16,399
BY ETHNICITY AND GENDER

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

ETHNICITY FEMALE MALE TOTAL % OF CASES
HISPANIC 4,227 3,835 8,062 49.16%
NON-HISPANIC 2,880 2,676 5,556 33.88%
NOT-SPECIFIED 1,448 1,333 2,781 16.96%
TOTAL 8,555 7,844 16,399 100.0%

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 69.6%
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)

 

 

TEXAS & COVID-19: THE AFFECTS

NOTE: TEXAS CASE STATS & INFORMATION UPDATED TUESDAY, MARCH 2, AT 5:05PM

TEXAS POPULATION: 29 MILLION

STATE OF TEXAS MARCH 1, 2021 MARCH 2, 2021
COVID POSITIVE %
7.90%
7.92%
FATALITY %
1.88%
1.88%
TOTAL TESTED (*provisionary)
23,093,465
23,204,166 
TOTAL MOLECULAR TESTS (*runs a day behind)
19,595,211
19,643,058 
TOTAL ANTIGEN TESTS (*runs a day behind)
2,481,635
2,543,010 
TOTAL ANTIBODY TESTS (*runs a day behind) 1,016,619 1,018,098 
TOTAL CONFIRMED CASES
2,292,097
2,297,878 
NEW DAILY CASES (*provisionary)
1,637
6,613 
ACTIVE (*provisionary) 156,989 154,860 
NEW PROBABLE CASES
344
 1,761
TOTAL PROBABLE CASES
355,748
357,714 
TOTAL RECOVERED (*provisionary)
2,429,453
2,441,822 
TOTAL RECOVERED OVER PAST 24 HOURS (*provisionary)18,957 7,084  12,369
CURRENT HOSPITALIZATIONS (*provisionary) 5,611 5,644 
TOTAL FATALITIES (*provisionary)
42,995
43,266 
FATALITIES OVER PAST 24 HOURS (*provisionary)
59
271 
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 TUESDAY, MARCH 2, AT 2:48 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 1
(*provisionary)
29, 314,254 /
8.88%
527,226 /
1.80%
19,817,532 8,969,496
MARCH 2
(*provisionary)
29,255,365 /
8.87%
525,778 /
1.80%

19,694,337 9,035,250

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 2
(*provisionary)
115,049,044 /
1.49%
2,551,767 /
2.22%
90,769,626 21,727,651
MARCH 1
(*provisionary)
114,738,603 /
1.49%
2,544,265 /
2.22%
90,294,960 21,899,389

Population Source: Census Bureau Population Clock

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