Hays County on Wednesday reported 193 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the county’s total of lab-confirmed cases to 2,194.
The county now has 1,786 active cases and 403 patients considered recovered. Of the 56 total hospitalizations so far, 17 people are currently hospitalized.
Five people have died.
The number of negative tests is 6,262. Epidemiologist Eric Schneider is awaiting results on 68 tests.
“Our numbers continue to increase,” Schneider said in a statement Wednesday. “We can help prevent the transmission of COVID-19, but it will take everyone in Hays County practicing these simple yet effective measures: stay distanced in public, wash hands and wear masks.”
Hays County Judge Ruben Becerra last week had issued a new executive order that, among other things, requires businesses to implement rules requiring face coverings for “all employees or visitors to the commercial entity’s business premises or other facilities” when 6 feet of social distancing is not possible.
The order, which went into effect Monday, was modeled after a similar ordinance enacted in Bexar County that gained approval from Gov. Greg Abbott. Travis County also announced its own face mask order last week.
Schneider last week said many of the recently reported cases were from people who work in construction, health care and food service.
Schneider said the county has also noticed a pattern of positive coronavirus test results from people who floated on the rivers as well as from those who had participated in protests against police brutality and racism over the past few weeks.
The breakdown of all 2,194 reported cases, which includes recoveries and active cases, by city is:
Austin (some Hays County addresses are listed in Austin): 19
Bear Creek: 1
Buda: 202
Driftwood: 13
Dripping Springs: 28
Kyle: 577
Manchaca: 2
Maxwell: 6
Mountain City: 1
Niederwald: 8
San Marcos: 1,308
Uhland: 3
Wimberley: 26
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