Hays County reports 4 new virus cases

The Hays County Local Health Department reported four new COVID-19 cases on Thursday, increasing the total to 147.

Hays County currently has 75 active cases of the disease — a two case decrease from Wednesday.

There was a massive increase in negative test results on Thursday, which the county attributes to a backlog in the Texas Department of State Health Services' electronic reporting system. Hays County has now received 1,141 negative test results — an increase of 325 from the previous day. There are currently nine pending test results.

Seventy-five county residents have recovered from COVID-19. There have been 14 hospitalizations because of the virus, including four current hospitalizations. One county resident — a woman in her 80s who had been living in Buda with a relative — has died

from the disease, which was reported on April 13.

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