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.