Politics & Government
City Of Austin: Joint Media Statement: COVID-19 Update For Austin/Travis County
"Recent headlines have indicated a downward trend in COVID-19 cases in our community."
September 20, 2021
City of Austin FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
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In this current surge, only a third of hospitalized patients are over 65 years old. During the previous surge, patients over 65 made up over 50% of hospital patients. Sadly, the mortality rate for hospitalized patients is higher for this COVID surge than our last surge and is now approaching 10%. We are seeing an alarming number of otherwise young and healthy patients, including pregnant patients, develop severe COVID.
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