BA.2, an omicron subvariant, is gaining ground in Texas

AUSTIN (KXAN) -- The same day Austin-Travis County's health authority announced the local COVID-19 risk-based stage system was going to dissolve, and that Austin Public Health would adopt the CDC's model, the health authority also noted Texas is seeing an uptick in the number of BA.2 subvariant cases being reported in Texas.According to the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) variant dashboard, roughly 30% of the reported COVID-19 cases in the state are the BA.2 subvariant. The over