COVID-19 mutations spreading in Austin-Travis County, reinfections may be more severe

AUSTIN (KXAN) -- COVID-19 metrics, including hospitalizations, are starting to trend upward again in Austin-Travis County. The local health authority attributed the uptick to the BA.4 and BA.5 offshoots of the omicron variant in a Travis County commissioners court meeting Tuesday.Those mutations are starting to show up in both wastewater and in variant surveillance locally, according to the health authority's report. They could be more severe than previous mutations."With each mutation, it [COVI