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The Austin Convention Center opened as a field hospital to patients for the first time Tuesday morning as area hospitals move closer to exceeding capacity due to a rise in coronavirus cases. The site will take patients from 11 Central Texas counties who are transferred from hospitals and are determined to need lesser medical care. Patients with high-level care needs, including intensive care, will remain at hospitals.  The facility has 25 beds and can expand to more beds if needed. Staffing f...

Downtown field hospital, readied in July, now needed as cases surge

With hospitals stressed to their limits, the city is now prepping the Alternative Care Site at the Austin Convention Center (pictured here in July) (photo by Jana Birchum) Earlier today, the Texas Department of Health and Human Services officially alerted Travis County Judge Andy Brown of a number he already well knew – that Trauma Service Area (TSA) O has had seven consecutive days in which the number of COVID-19 hospitalized patients as a percentage of total hospital ...

Reply Triggered by a 15 percent hospitalization average, bolstered orders compel lower capacity among firms and a halt to elective surgeries. (Shutterstock) AUSTIN, TX — Rising illness and hospitalization rates blamed on the coronavirus triggered new business restrictions on Sunday highlighted by a need to reduce occupancy limits to 50 percent, officials announced. The governor announced additional COVID-19-related occupancy requirements and restrictions due to worsening conditions in the re...

In a release Saturday afternoon, officials said the facility, which will be based at the Austin Convention Center, is preparing to take patients.

AUSTIN, Texas — As new cases of COVID-19 and hospital admissions reach record levels, the city of Austin and Travis County were working Saturday to open the Austin Convention Center

APH said it will be launching a vaccine registration system for those eligible, with a focus on vulnerable residents.

Data shows discrepancies in Travis County COVID-19 vaccine distribution Data shows discrepancies in Travis County COVID-19 vaccine distribution Texas DSHS has distributed more than 52,000 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine to Travis County providers, including hospitals, medical practices, health clinics and pharmacies. AUSTIN, Texas - Local leaders have been critical of the State of Texas rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine. There are reports of delayed shipments to providers, doses sitting on shelves...

Austin Public Health said the state allocates a certain amount for each county. So APH has only received around 1,300 doses...much under the amount they had hoped for.

The start of the new year witnessed several grim milestones in Austins COVID-19 crisis. seven-day moving average for COVID-19 hospitalizations reached an all-time high of 83 for Austin and Travis County, marking a 160% rise in new hospitalizations since Dec. 5. For comparison, that metric hit 75 at the peak of Austins earlier surge in July. Earlier this week Austin Public Health reported 752 new cases, which is the first time daily cases have exceeded 750 since that same mid-summer surge. O...