Two members of the same family have died as the result of COVID-19, Hays County officials announced on Monday, bringing the total number of fatalities to 10. Both the father, in his 70s, and the son, in his 50s, live in San Marcos. As of Monday, the county had seen more than 3,190 confirmed cases, of which more than 2,600 were still active.
A day later, county commissioners heard scathing reports of inmates in the county jail not wearing masks even as 60 cases of the coronavirus have been confirmed among its population as well as 10 cases in correctional officers.
“If you don’t know someone affected, count yourself the lucky one,” County Judge Ruben Becerra said in remarks before the jail report. “It’s personal for many of us and it is a very big deal … The sad reality is we’re not getting any better — we’re going backward and getting worse. I fear what the Fourth of July will bring forth in the next few days.
