AUSTIN, Texas — For practically two months, Austin-Travis County was on the highest degree of the realm’s COVID-19 risk-based pointers as omicron circumstances surged.

This week, Austin Public Well being introduced the return to Stage 4 of these pointers.

The world hit an all-time excessive for common hospital admissions attributable to the COVID-19 omicron variant on Jan. 19, when the common was 129. The common has been dropping persistently since then.

Some well being consultants stated they’re cautiously optimistic.

“If our projections maintain, we’ll