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Dec 29, 2021 · AUSTIN, Texas – COVID-19 cases in Austin-Travis County are surging just weeks after the omicron variant was detected in our area. As a result, the Community Transmission Rate (CTR), test positivity rate and the 7-day moving average of hospital admissions are spiking.
Dec 29, 2021 · UT Austin researchers say this latest COVID surge will likely peak in Texas in the first few weeks of January. They predict the state is poised for a sharper rise in cases than other parts of the country because of its lower vaccination rate. Just over 60% of people age 5 and older who are eligible for the vaccine in Texas are fully vaccinated.
- Stephanie Federico
COVID-19 in Austin | AustinTexas.gov. How to Get Vaccinated. Everyone 6 months of age and older is currently eligible to be vaccinated. Updated COVID-19 booster doses are available throughout the community. Find locations for FREE COVID-19 vaccinations. Translated COVID-19 General Information.
Jul 15, 2021 · Austin city and public health officials on Thursday raised the city’s coronavirus risk-based guidelines for the first time since the winter surge, urging unvaccinated people to avoid...
- Karen Brooks Harper
Aug 5, 2021 · The 7-day moving average for new cases increased over 10 times, from 38 on July 1 to 402 on Aug. 4. COVID patients in local ICUs have increased 570% from 24 on July 4 to 161 on Aug. 4. COVID patients on ventilators has increased from a total of 8 on July 4 to 100 on Aug. 4. The key points of Stage 5 recommendations include the following:
Aug 5, 2021 · Austin Public Health has raised its COVID-19 risk assessment twice in the last month. APH looks to COVID-19 hospitalization numbers to determine the local risk level. The five-county region (Travis, Williamson, Hays, Bastrop and Caldwell) is reporting an average of 63 new hospitalizations per day, three times what it was seeing in mid-July.
