Hays County Local Health Department (HCLHD) reports four (4) COVID-related fatalities, a San Marcos man in his 50s, a San Marcos woman in her 90s, a Kyle woman in her 80s and a Kyle man in his 50s. The department also reports 317 new lab-confirmed cases since Friday’s report along with 22 new hospitalizations and 19 new hospital discharges. There are 56 additional persons considered recovered. The total number of persons considered recovered is 12,274.
The current total of lab-confirmed cases for Hays County since the beginning of the pandemic is 15,009. Hays County has 2,545 active cases. In the past 21 days there have been 3,869 active cases. Hays County has had 676 total COVID-related hospitalizations and 40 people are currently hospitalized.
Updates on vaccines will be available through text alerts, on HaysInformed.com, and on the County’s official Facebook page.
Receive Text Alerts: The County has a text alert option so you can receive messages with vaccine updates. Text COVID to 844-928-3213 to sign up for the alerts. Each Friday at 1 p.m., Hays County officials will do a Facebook Live session to share the most updated information available. Use this Facebook address: https://www.facebook.com/hayscountytexas.
Have questions about vaccines? Please visit the Hays County Vaccine FAQs webpage for more information.
January 30-February 1 Report
| Lab-Confirmed | Negative Tests |
Recovered Cases | Active Last 21 days | Active All Cases |
Probable
Cases |
COVID-related Fatalities | Total Hospitalizations | Current Hospitalizations | Cases Removed |
| 15,009 | 107,181 | 12,274 | 3,869 | 2,545 | 1,697 | 190 | 676 | 40 | Performed on Fridays |
| Age Range | Female | Male | Total | Fatalities |
| 0-9 yrs. | 464 | 454 | 918 | 0 |
| 10-19 yrs. | 1135 | 1005 | 2,140 | 0 |
| 20-29 yrs. | 2,253 | 2,113 | 4,366 | 1 |
| 30-39 yrs. | 1,234 | 1097 | 2,331 | 4 |
| 40-49 yrs. | 1078 | 944 | 2,022 | 8 |
| 50-59 yrs. | 745 | 760 | 1,505 | 22 |
| 60-69 yrs. | 515 | 458 | 973 | 23 |
| 70-79 yrs. | 243 | 241 | 484 | 57 |
| > 80 yrs. | 168 | 102 | 270 | 75 |
| Total | 7,835 | 7,174 | 15,009 | 190 |
| Area | Total Cases | Active Cases | Recovered | Fatalities |
| Austin | 415 | 99 | 306 | 10 |
| Bear Creek | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Buda | 2,635 | 447 | 2,163 | 25 |
| Creedmoor | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 |
| Driftwood | 190 | 34 | 156 | 0 |
| Dripping Springs | 674 | 139 | 526 | 9 |
| Hays | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Kyle | 4,824 | 936 | 3,830 | 58 |
| Manchaca | 18 | 0 | 18 | 0 |
| Maxwell | 48 | 23 | 24 | 1 |
| Mountain City | 36 | 3 | 32 | 1 |
| Niederwald | 87 | 15 | 72 | 0 |
| San Marcos | 5,470 | 708 | 4,685 | 77 |
| Uhland | 28 | 1 | 27 | 0 |
| Wimberley | 564 | 135 | 422 | 7 |
| Woodcreek | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Total | 15,009 | 2,545 | 12,274 | 190 |
NOTE: Some Hays County residents have Austin addresses. Because of HIPAA laws, additional information about patients is not allowed to be shared.
| Ethnicity | Female | Male | Total | Percentage of Cases |
| Hispanic | 3,832 | 3,499 | 7,331 | 48.8% |
| Non-Hispanic | 2,605 | 2,401 | 5,006 | 33.4% |
| Not Specified | 1,398 | 1,274 | 2,672 | 17.8% |
| Total | 7,835 | 7,174 | 15,009 | 100.0% |
| Race | Percentage of Cases |
| American Indian | 0.1% |
| Asian | 1.0% |
| Black | 2.7% |
| Native Hawaiian/
Pacific Islander |
0.0% |
| White | 69.4% |
| Not Specified/ Unknown | 1.1% |
A COVID-19 Fact Sheet is on the County website: https://hayscountytx.com/covid-19-fact-sheet/. The County’s COVID-19 info, including the online dashboard, is here.
As with any emergency situation, www.HaysInformed.com, the countywide emergency notification blog, has a rolling list of important information regarding COVID-19. Many local municipality websites also have information. Local school districts also have their own COVID-19 dashboards as does Texas State University.
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