Austin-Travis County moves to Stage 4 COVID-19 risk-based guidelines

AUSTIN (KXAN) — As COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations continue to climb in Austin-Travis County, health leaders are officially moving the area to Stage 4 guidelines.
For people who are fully vaccinated, Stage 4 guidelines recommend masking in all situations, even when gathering outdoors. For people who are not fully vaccinated, it recommends eliminating travel and only dining or shopping through takeout or curbside service.
The move to Stage 4 comes after the area saw an uptick in communi