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At least 8,000 of the people who signed up will not be able to receive the vaccine as APH has only received 12,000 doses.

Sky-high COVID-19 positivity rates in Austin schools worry health officials © Bloomberg via Getty Images A custodial worker operates an electrostatic machine to clean a classroom at an elementary school in Leander, Texas, Sept. 18, 2020. Sky-high COVID-19 positivity rates at schools in Austin, Texas, have local health officials on edge. In Travis County, where Austin is located, the COVID-19 testing positivity rate is 20.2% at high schools, 27.1% at middle schools, 19.8% at at elementary schools and 10% at preschools. All rates stand far higher than what the World Health Organization ...

Sky-high COVID-19 positivity rates at schools in Austin, Texas, have local health officials on edge.

Austin Public Health officials on Thursday said a total of three people so far have been transferred to the field hospital at the Austin Convention Center to help with reduce rising hospital capacity because of COVID-19.

Dr. Mark Escott, interim Austin-Travis County health authority, warned Travis County commissioners during a weekly meeting Tuesday that hospitals were just 10 people away from reaching the 200 person limit for coronavirus patients in intensive care units. Escott said area hospitals reported a record of 117 new coronavirus hospitalizations on Tuesday, for a total of 601 active hospitalizations. Of those total hospitalizations, 190 patients were in the ICU and 104 were on ventilators, according to Escott.   "This situation is far from over and more likely to get worse than better in the s...