Volume 5, Issue 7 | July 2020
COVID-19 hospitalizations, deaths increasing
Since Memorial Day, Comal County has seen a rapidly increasing number of COVID-19 cases, as well as hospitalizations and deaths, as the disease has spread throughout the community and into long-term care facilities.

As of Tuesday, the county had confirmed 29 deaths related to the novel coronavirus, with 49 people hospitalized. Overall, the county has 1,349 total and 843 active cases of COVID-19.

To better provide information about the virus' spread in our community, Comal County has released a new interactive dashboard, available from its COVID-19 webpage (see below).
Election Day in primary runoffs is Tuesday
Comal County voters head to the polls Tuesday to cast ballots in the long-delayed runoffs to March's party primaries.

Polls will be open in individual voting precincts until 7 p.m. on Election Day; however, voters registered in Comal County can cast a ballot at any of 12 polling places throughout the county – a smaller number than usual because of the low-turnout nature of primary runoff elections.

Visit www.votecomal.com for a list of countywide vote centers, sample ballots and more.
Burn ban in effect
Because of increasingly dry conditions, the Comal County Commissioners Court on Thursday implemented a ban on outdoor burning.

Under the restrictions, no open flames are allowed outdoors – including trash burning, campfires and torches, among others. Residents may use a barbecue pit with an open flame for cooking purposes only if the grill has a lid and is set off the ground. Welders are encouraged to use a spotter for any outdoor welding and to keep a water source nearby.

As of Monday, the Keetch-Byram Drought Index was 599, well above the 500-point threshold at which a burn ban is typically implemented.
Comal County Calendar
Commissioners Court
8:30 a.m . every Thursday
Comal County Courthouse