Wimberley person dies from COVID-19 complications
Thu, 05/14/2020 - 12:00am
Dalton Sweat Editor
A Wimberley person died from complications of COVID-19 last week. This is the first death in Wimberley related to the disease and the second such death in Hays County.
“We have a second fatality due to complications with COVID-19,” Epidemiologist Eric Schneider said. “The individual was hospitalized about two week ago.”
Schneider said the person, who passed away Thursday, May 7, was a Wimberley resident in their 90s who was counted in the existing positive cases that have been reported daily.
The health department will not be releasing any additional information about the individual.
As of Monday, May 11, there are eight cases of COVID-19 in Wimberley, four of which have recovered. There are 209 in Hays County, 140 of which have recovered.