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COVID-19 numbers:
- Texas:
- More than 5 million cases have been reported in the state, and around 77,000 people in Texas have died, according to the Texas Department of State Health Services.
- Central Texas counties:
- Austin-Travis County: The seven-day moving average for new hospital admissions is 114, and an average of 674 people are hospitalized. The community transmission rate is 1,433.2 and the positivity rate is 31.2%. Since the beginning of the pandemic, 163,736 cases have been reported and at least 1,249 people have died.
- Hays County: There are currently 5,651 active cases, and 36 people are currently hospitalized. Since the beginning of the pandemic, at least 44,383 confirmed cases have been reported and at least 440 people have died.
- Williamson County: There are 938 new cases of coronavirus in Williamson County. Six percent of hospital beds are available, and 2% of ICU beds are available. Since the beginning of the pandemic, at least 100,153 cases have been reported and at least 782 people have died.
For a look at COVID-19 data across all of the state's counties, click here.
GRAPHS: COVID-19 data Jan. 26, 2022
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Updates:
3 p.m. – The Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) updated its latest COVID-19 data as of Jan. 26:
TEXAS
- 25,268 new cases
- 7-day average: 41,413 per day
- Down 7% day-to-day
- Down 18% from a week ago
- Up 275% from a month ago
- Texas surpasses 5-million cumulative confirmed cases
- 7-day average: 41,413 per day
- 263 new deaths
- 77,321 total to date
- 13,317 COVID-19 patients in Texas hospitals
- Flat from yesterday
- Up 3% from a week ago
- Up 236% from a month ago
- Positivity at 32.79% statewide … trending down, but above 30% since Dec. 29
LOCAL
- 1,913 new cases for the 4-county Austin metro (Travis, Williamson, Hays, Bastrop)
- Fewest in 2022 for a single day
- 7-day average: 3,510 per day
- Down 8% day-to-day
- Down 8% from a week ago
- Up 227% from a month ago
- Community transmission, a CDC metric, for Travis county is at 1,289 per 100,000 population … lowest in almost two weeks
- New hospital admissions continue to fall considerably… 105.3 per day
- 707 COVID-19 patients in Austin area (TSA O) hospitals
- Fewest in a week or more … down 30 day-to-day
- 4.3% beds available (171 beds, fewest beds of the pandemic)
- 18% COVID/capacity
- 165 COVID-19 patients in Austin area (TSA O) ICUs
- Pretty average for the past two weeks, Up 3 day-to-day
- 3% bed availability (15 total beds = nine adult, six pediatric)
- 33% COVID/capacity (one in three ICU patients is a COVID patient)
OTHER COVID-19 HEADLINES:
- New data from UT modeling consortium indicates COVID-19 hospitalizations peak this week
- Biden administration withdraws COVID vaccine mandate for businesses
- No, you shouldn’t swab the back of your throat when testing yourself for COVID-19
- Elton John postpones Dallas concerts at American Airlines Center after testing positive for COVID-19