Hill County sees 51st COVID death

Hill County has suffered another COVID-19-related death, bringing the confirmed death toll to 51 residents of the county,

Hill County Health Department reported the death in its update Monday evening, also reporting 63 new cases confirmed from Saturday through Monday. The department reported Hill County had 136 active cases with seven active hospitalizations due to COVID-19 with 2,678 cases confirmed since the first case was confirmed in Hill County in March 2020.

Hill County’s one case and a sole case in Liberty County were the only ones in this region until July 2020.

No new COVID-19-related...