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Texas reports 326 COVID-19 deaths in a single day, shattering previous record The state reported 19,535 new confirmed coronavirus cases Wednesday Associated Press Tags:  Dr. Alan Glombicki examines a patient using an endoscope in the COVID-19 intensive care unit (ICU) at the United Memorial Medical Center on December 29, 2020 in Houston, Texas. (Photo by Go Nakamura/Getty Images) (2020 Getty Images) AUSTIN, Texas – The state health department on Wednesday recorded an additional 326 COVID-19...

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APH says it is short on COVID-19 vaccine doses, updates on rollout AUSTIN, Texas - Austin Public Health Director Stephanie Hayden said there just isnt enough of the COVID-19 vaccine to go around. "We have a shortage of vaccine. We dont have vaccine available that we can provide widely in our community," she said at a briefing at the Travis County Commissioners Court Tuesday. The state allocated 700,000 initial doses, and Hayden says 42,000 doses went to Travis County, but only 1,300 to Austin P...

KUT Austin Public Health has set up an alternate care site at the Austin Convention Center to take in patients if area hospitals become overwhelmed. Austin Public Health is preparing to use the alternate care site at the city’s convention center to open up beds in local hospitals as COVID-19 admissions continue surging in Central Texas. There were 115 new hospital admissions Tuesday, and the city’s interim health authority says ICUs could reach capacity by next week. “My guess is that thi...

Austin on track to hit grim COVID-19 milestone, says health authority By Drew Knight, KVUE News Jan 5, 2021, 4:14 pm Austins top doc says Austin is likely to break hospital admission records today, another grim milestone in the pandemic. KVUE — In his weekly briefing with the Travis County Commissioners Court on Tuesday, Dr. Mark Escott with Austin Public Health said he expects the Austin area is likely to exceed its 200 ICU hospital bed capacity before January 15. Dr. Escott said...

Reply Phase 1A shots are currently being administered to health care workers, but supply is too short for Phase 1B covering senior citizens. (Shutterstock) AUSTIN, TX — Despite having received two shipments of Moderna vaccines to fight the coronavirus across Travis County, the allotments are insufficient to provide for those with greatest need regionally, the director of Austin Public Health said Tuesday. "There is not enough vaccine from the state and federal government to provide to our co...

Local leaders are discussing plans to transform the Austin Convention Center into a field hospital for coronavirus patients ahead of a potential hospital capacity crisis emerging by next week, the areas health chief said Wednesday. Dr. Mark Escott, interim Austin-Travis County health authority, said projections show local intensive care units would likely reach full capacity with COVID-19 patients by Jan. 15. To avoid turning ill patients away from receiving medical care, local leaders co...

Blocked from their latest bid to contain the pandemic by government order, the leaders of Austin and Travis County are assessing their next steps with a depleted arsenal of options and a rising number of infections. Mayor Steve Adler and County Judge Andy Brown, both Democrats, most recently ran afoul of the Republican governor and attorney general with orders barring food and beverage service after 10:30 p.m. during the New Years weekend. The all-GOP Texas Supreme Court blocked the orders Fr...

Texas Gov Suggests Citys Restaurants Disregard Overnight Dine-in Ban Newsweek 1/01/2021 Jon Jackson © Pool/Getty Texas Governor Greg Abbott announces the reopening of more Texas businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic at a press conference at the Texas State Capitol on May 18, 2020 in Austin, Texas. In a tweet Wednesday evening, Texas Governor Greg Abbott suggested that citizens and restaurant owners of Austin disregard the citys dine-in curfews. The move came after Austin ...

A judge ruled Austin and Travis County can restrict on-site dining overnight from Thursday until Sunday. Gov. Greg Abbott says restaurants should ignore the curfew.