UT researchers: When Travis County could hit CDC's 'high' COVID-19 stage

AUSTIN (KXAN) -- After weeks of low COVID-19 case numbers and hospitalizations, those metrics are on the rise again in Austin-Travis County.
On Thursday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention bumped the COVID-19 risk level in Travis and Hays counties to “medium.” The risk levels are low, medium and high and are determined based on three factors: the number of new cases in the past seven days, new hospital admissions in the past seven days, and the percent of staffe