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Last Friday Comal Countyâs active COVID case count was approaching the 300 mark. This week itâs approaching the 400 mark.
Thatâs part of an upward trend in cases being seen not only in Comal County, but across much of the rest of the country as the more easily-spread delta variant of the COVID-19 virus has become the dominant strain.
Nationally, the majority of new cases are being found in unvaccinated individuals â with the CDC saying that more than 99% of COVID deaths over the last month were people who hadnât been vaccinated.
While Comal County says it has been tracking the vaccination status of those hospitalized and dying from COVID, it hasnât released that information publicly. The Herald-Zeitung this week formally requested the data from county officials.
The man died at a New Braunfels hospital on March 28, officials said.
The number of active COVID-19 cases in the county moved slightly higher with 22 new cases and 11 recoveries. Of the new cases, nine are confirmed and 13 are probable. The county now has 195 active cases, with eight of those cases hospitalized.
Comal County hospitals reported caring for 19 COVID-19 patients on Monday â up from the 13 reported on Friday. Five of those patients are in intensive care and three are on ventilators. Local hospitals are caring for a mix of local and remote patients and some county patients may be hospitalized elsewhere.
On Monday night, New Braunfels Mayor Rusty Brockman said he has tested positive for COVID-19. On Tuesday morning, Comal County officials reported six more deaths from the virus but dropping