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Alternate care site opened in Austin to expand hospital capacity By Lauren Reid AUSTIN, Texas - The field hospital at the Austin Convention Center was opened today as COVID-19 cases continue to soar in the Austin area.  This facility was established to take specific patients who need a lower intensity of care. Patients needing higher-level or intensive care will still be cared for at hospitals.  The facility will provide Central Texas with additional hospital beds, medical equipment, and medi...

Patients entering the alternate care site will be transferred from hospitals, it is not a walk-up site.

Some Austin-Travis County residents were unable to register to receive a vaccine from Austin Public Health on Wednesday after the agencys much anticipated online sign-up sheet crashed soon after launching.  Austin Public Health officials during a weekly coronavirus briefing on Wednesday said they would continue to work out bugs in the system, which shut down roughly 30 minutes after the website launched because so many people tried to register at once.  "Due to high demand, you may experienc...

Austin-area officials have opened the city's convention center as a field hospital as COVID-19 cases continue to soar.

UpdatedFri, Jan 15, 2021 at 12:20 pm CT Reply The downtown site typically serving as community focal point has been transformed into an alternative care site for coronavirus patients. (Tony Cantú/Patch staff) AUSTIN, TX — The Austin Convention Center — a portion of which has been modified as an alternative care site for residents suffering from the coronavirus — is now ready to take in patients from local hospitals, officials said Tuesday. The makeshift clinic is designed to alleviate t...

Tide fan frenzy, valentine volunteers, ventilator theft: News from around our 50 states From USA TODAY Network and wire reports, USA TODAY Alabama Tuscaloosa: Thousands of excited football fans partied in streets around the University of Alabama after the Crimson Tide defeated Ohio State for the national championship, ignoring pleas for common sense and safety at the height of the coronavirus pandemic. Students and others poured out of jam-packed bars near campus as time expired...

ABC News Turn on desktop notifications for breaking stories about interest? OffOn The state has opened a field hospital in an Austin convention center to help. • 4 min read Catch up on the developing stories making headlines.Eric Gay/AP Intensive care units in Austin, Texas, are expected to run out of capacity within days as hospitalizations in the area continue to rise. As of Jan. 12, hospitals were at 90% capacity, with 180 of the 200 ICU beds occupied, according to the citys public health...

Pre-registration for the vaccine through the city's public health agency is now open. But it will mainly serve patients who have no other provider options.

Austin, Texas, intensive care units (ICU) are expected to run out of capacity within days, as hospitalizations in the area continue to rise.

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Austin area opened a field hospital in a convention center Tuesday as cases of the disease caused by the coronavirus continue to soar. The opening came as state...