New COVID-19 omicron variants show up in Travis County as cases rise - Austin American-Statesman

If cases keep rising, Travis County could soon move from being in the low-risk range for community spread to the medium-risk range.

Austin Public Health has found two new COVID-19 omicron variants in Travis County. As of Friday, the two variants — known as BA.4 and BA.5 — combined to make up about 6% of the COVID-19 infections in… [+6923 chars]

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