81 active COVID-19 cases in county

There were 102 new COVID-19 cases reported in Gonzales County from Wednesday, Dec. 2 to Wednesday, Dec. 9, bringing the total active cases to 81. In total, there have been 1,413 confirmed cases, according to daily updates from County Judge Patrick C. Davis. Of these, 1,322 are considered recovered with 10 deaths reported.

Department of State Health Services Data also shows that hospitalizations of lab-confirmed COVID-19 in Trauma Service Area P, which Gonzales County is included in, in proportion to the total hospital capacity is 11.38% as of Thursday, Dec. 10.

The executive order from Texas Governor Greg Abbott which allows bars to remain open at 50% operation capacity, and other businesses at 75% operation capacity states that hospitalizations must be below 15% capacity to do so. If hospitalizations exceed 15% for seven consecutive days, counties within that TSA will not qualify to opt-in to the order.

Cases continue to be reported on district websites in Nixon-Smiley Consolidated Independent School District and Gonzales Independent School District, but Waelder Independent School District has not updated its website detailing case counts since Nov. 16, four days before the district went on its extended winter break. In NSCISD there are two active and in GISD, there are nine, as of Dec. 10.