San Marcos Sees Another COVID-Related Fatality Over Weekend

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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.”

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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.

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LATEST HAYS COUNTY COVID-19

*UPDATE MONDAY, DECEMBER 21, AT 2:51 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.
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HAYS COUNTY CORONAVIRUS DAILY UPDATE

HAYS COUNTY POPULATION:
230,191

HAYS COUNTY COVID PERCENTAGE POSITIVE:
3.91%

HAYS COUNTY FATALITY RATE:
1.33%

HAYS COUNTY
DEC 18, 2020 DEC 21, 2020
TOTAL TESTS (*provisionary / includes pending cases)
 72,749
74,851 
NEW DAILY TESTS (*provisionary) 1,801  2,102 
TOTAL LAB CONFIRMED
(*provisionary)
8,759 
9,010 
ACTIVE (*provisionary) 1,262  1,431 
NEW DAILY CONFIRMED 71  251 
PROBABLE CASES  1,035 1,063 
TOTAL RECOVERED
7,378 
7,459 
DAILY RECOVERED 63  81 
CASES REMOVED (*Reported On Fridays) 32 N/A 
FATALITIES 119  120 
NEGATIVE (*provisionary)  63,990 65,841 
TOTAL HOSPITALIZATIONS 479  491 
CURRENT HOSPITALIZATIONS 19  25 

 

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 228 66 153 9
BEAR CREEK 4 1 3 0
BUDA 1,525 276 1,235 14
CREEDMOOR 2 2 0 0
DRIFTWOOD 111 27 84 0
DRIPPING SPRINGS 375 99 272 4
HAYS 0 0 0 0
KYLE 2,961 502 2,420 39
MANCHACA 13 4 9 0
MAXWELL 13 4 9 0
MOUNTAIN CITY 22 4 17 1
NIEDERWALD 46 11 35 0
SAN MARCOS 3,493 399 3,045 49
UHLAND 24 1 23 0
WIMBERLEY 191 35 152 4
WOODCREEK 2 0 2 0
TOTAL 9,010 1,431 7,459 120
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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. 222 202 424
10-19 yrs. 641 528 1,169
20-29 yrs. 1,436 1,418 2,854
30-39 yrs. 747 688 1,435
40-49 yrs. 630 555 1,185
50-59 yrs. 452 441 893
60-69 yrs. 297 270 567
70-79 yrs. 150 141 291
> 80 yrs. 123 69 192
Total 4,698 4,312 9,010
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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 2,206 2,031 4,237 47.0%
NON-HISPANIC 1,448 1,350 2,798 31.1%
NOT-SPECIFIED 1,044 931 1,975 21.9%
TOTAL 4,698 4,312 9,010 100.0%
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HAYS COUNTY DRILL DOWN BY RACE

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

RACE PERCENTAGE OF CASES
AMERICAN INDIAN 0%
ASIAN 0.7%
BLACK 2.5%
NATIVE HAWAIIAN
/ PACIFIC ISLANDER
0%
WHITE 72.0%
NOT SPECIFIED
/ UNKNOWN
24.8%

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)
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LATEST TEXAS COVID-19 CASE TOTALS

*UPDATED ON MONDAY, DECEMBER 21, AT 5:10 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:
4.87%

FATALITY RATE FOR TEXANS:
1.80%

 

STATE OF TEXAS DEC 20, 2020 DEC 21, 2020
TOTAL TESTED (*provisionary) 14,310,667  14,483,812 
TOTAL MOLECULAR TESTS (*runs a day behind) 12,680,767 12,825,700 
TOTAL ANTIGEN TESTS (*runs a day behind)  983,430 1,007,059 
TOTAL ANTIBODY TESTS (*runs a day behind)  646,470 651,053 
TOTAL CONFIRMED CASES
1,404,675 
1,413,684 
NEW DAILY CASES (*provisionary)
6,244 
8,107 
ACTIVE (*provisionary) 271,694  271,931 
NEW PROBABLE CASES 1,372  1,227 
TOTAL PROBABLE CASES 176,993  178,264 
TOTAL RECOVERED (*provisionary) 1,269,014  1,279,067 
TOTAL RECOVERED OVER PAST 24 HOURS (*provisionary) 8,030  10,053 
CURRENT HOSPITALIZATIONS (*provisionary) 9,856   10,009
TOTAL FATALITIES (*provisionary) 25,348  25,415 
FATALITIES OVER PAST 24 HOURS (*provisionary)
122 
67 
FEMALE (updated on Friday)
34.9% 34.9%
MALE (updated on Friday)
63.7% 63.7%
UNKNOWN (Gender) (updated on Friday)
1.3% 1.3%
ASIAN (updated on Friday)
1.4% 1.4%
BLACK (updated on Friday)
16.3% 16.3%
HISPANIC (updated on Friday)
39.1% 39.1%
OTHER (updated on Friday)
0.5% 0.5%
WHITE (updated on Friday)
30.7% 30.7%
UNKNOWN (updated on Friday)
12.1% 12.1%

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.
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U.S. CORONAVIRUS CASE OVERVIEW

*UPDATED ON MONDAY, DECEMBER 21, AT 3:34 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
DECEMBER 20
(*provisionary)
17,975,428 /
5.45%
320,595 /
1.78%
7,925,626 9,729,207
DECEMBER 19
(*provisionary)
17,702,516 /
5.31%

318,499 /
1.81%

7,857,661 9,526,356

Population Source: Census Bureau Population Clock

WORLDWIDE CORONAVIRUS CASE OVERVIEW

*UPDATED ON MONDAY, DECEMBER 21, AT 3:34 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
FATALITIES /
PERCENTAGE

RECOVERED
ACTIVE
DECEMBER 20
(*provisionary)

76,836,147

1,693,447 /
2.20%
43,308,101 31,834,599
DECEMBER 19
(*provisionary)
76,381,409 1,687,975 /
2.21%

43,132,085 31,561,349

Population Source: Census Bureau Population Clock

*SEE LATEST TESTING AND COUNTY OFFICE
HOURS AND CONTACT INFORMATION

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  • Good job not mentioning at all the AGE of the people who DIED. I'm sure that couldn't be useful at all whatsoever to determine our individual risk.

    • There's just no making any of you happy, is there? Half the time you don't want them to display the ages because it's "Fear Mongering," and they don't have the data on hand for the number of flu deaths by age. The other half the time, they're incompetent for not posting ages of those who have died.

  • If you want a breakdown of just how bad this Rona Spike is, check out the S.A. Surveillance page.

    There you will find that a whopping eighty-one (81) people have died from COVID-Related issues in the past month. That's less than 3 per day in a metro area of over 2 million people.

    Cases MAY be spiking, but fatalities have been effectively flat since about October.

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    Merry Christmas.

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