Roughly 100 COVID-19 cases linked to SXSW

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Of the more than 100,000 people who were in and out of the 2022 South by Southwest Conference & Festivals, roughly 100 COVID-19 cases have been traced to the event, according to Dr. Desmar Walkes, the Austin-Travis County health authority.
Walkes said those numbers showed "mitigation efforts were successful." BA.2, an omicron subvariant, is gaining ground in TexasWalkes also presented data from food establishments and bars in the Austin area which showed a spike in case