Politics & Government

City Of Austin Public Health Returns To Stage 3 Amid Delta Variant

City of Austin FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Austin, Texas 

Oct. 12, 2021

City of Austin FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Austin, Texas 

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In making the decision to move to Stage 3 of the Risk-Based Guidelines,  Austin Public Health (APH), Travis County and local hospital partners monitor several key indicators collected during the period when COVID-19’s Delta variant surged, from July through September. These include the seven-day moving average of new hospital admissions, positivity rate, the doubling time of new cases, and current ICU and ventilator patients. 

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