Austin area crosses Stage 2 COVID-19 threshold; Austin Public Health urges mask, vaccine vigilance

Austin News Briefs - Austin American Statesman

A key indicator that helps Austin Public Health determine COVID-19 guidelines to protect the most medically vulnerable in the community has dropped to its lowest level since early July, signaling a possible shift to a safer stage of the pandemic. According to Travis County coronavirus data released Friday, only nine people were newly admitted to the hospital for COVID-19. That pushed the local rolling seven-day average of new daily hospital admissions for the coronavirus to 14.