Testing positive for COVID-19 in the hospital: Does it count toward hospitalization numbers?

AUSTIN (KXAN) — If you go to the hospital with an injury or illness not related to COVID-19 but then test positive while you're there, does your case get counted in Austin-Travis County's COVID-19 hospitalization numbers?The short answer is yes.
"We are counting those people who are admitted for COVID-related illness and people who are admitted for other illnesses who happen to test positive. This has been going on throughout the pandemic," Dr. Desmar Walkes, the local health authority, sa