Latest look at Austin's case counts, vaccination percentages and more

Doug Miller, Austin American-Statesman
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Hello and welcome to Coronavirus Watch, your look at COVID-19 near Austin

In the latest week COVID-19 cases in Texas were about 2.6 times what the CDC says is a high level of community transmission. A Tuesday report said the state had 889 COVID-19 patients in hospital beds, from 2,756 a week earlier. Here's a look at some other numbers you should know:

Travis County

  • Residents with at least one dose of vaccine: 83.2%, or 1,060,067 people

  • Coronavirus cases reported: 2,827 in the latest week; 4,713 in the previous week; 274,119 in the pandemic.

  • COVID-19 deaths reported: One in the latest week; one in the previous week; 1,745 in the pandemic.

Williamson County

  • Residents with at least one dose of vaccine: 79.8%, or 471,189 people

  • Coronavirus cases reported: 2,399 in the latest week; 2,465 in the previous week; 144,714 in the pandemic.

  • COVID-19 deaths reported: Zero in the latest week; zero in the previous week; 937 in the pandemic.

Hays County

  • Residents with at least one dose of vaccine: 74.6%, or 171,804 people

  • Coronavirus cases reported: 939 in the latest week; 824 in the previous week; 66,362 in the pandemic.

  • COVID-19 deaths reported: Zero in the latest week; one in the previous week; 517 in the pandemic.

Texas

  • Residents with at least one dose of vaccine: 74.2%, or 21,513,998

  • Coronavirus cases reported: 73,960 in the latest week; 71,222 in the previous week; 7,239,543 in the pandemic.

  • COVID-19 deaths reported: 105 in the latest week; 91 in the previous week; 88,765 in the pandemic.

Sources: USA TODAY Network analysis of Johns Hopkins University data (cases and deaths); Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (vaccines); U.S. Health and Human Services (hospitalizations)

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