Coronavirus restrictions in Austin and Travis County might be eased this weekend as the number of hospital patients with the virus continues to decline, according to the area's top health official.
That means businesses would no longer have to operate at 50% capacity and could expand back to 75% under state law. Doctors' offices could also go back to offering elective procedures, he said.
Gov. Greg Abbott in an executive order last year said that if more than 15% of total hospitalizations in a particular area for seven consecutive days
were made up of coronavirus patients, the state would require businesses to scale back customer capacity and doctors' offices to limit some procedures.