As of March 18, 2020, the Hays County Local Health Department has been notified of 5 lab-confirmed cases of COVID-19, also known as Coronavirus. 

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Four of the patients had recent travel days before their symptoms began, so it is believed that they came into contact with a positive COVID-19 case outside of Texas. One of the newest cases did not have any travel history before becoming ill and did not knowingly come into contact with any other confirmed case, so it is believed that we hav...