Austin Metro COVID-19 hospitalizations pass Stage 4 threshold

AUSTIN (KXAN) — The Austin metro area's number of new COVID-19 hospitalizations just passed the threshold required to shift to Stage 4 in the city's risk-based guidelines.While still officially in Stage 3, Austin-Travis County's hospitalization numbers would warrant an upgrade in stage levels. As of Monday, an average of 28 people have been admitted to the hospital with COVID-19 each day over the past seven days. The threshold for Stage 4 is an average of 25 hospital admissions per day.APH