Local new COVID hospitalizations see another jump over the weekend - at 80, we're again moving in the wrong direction: another new total patient count record on Saturday, another new ventilator record yesterday, and deaths are now averaging 4 per day. Doctors have begun leaning on experimental monoclonal antibody therapies. With Pfizer's new FDA approval, look for employers and agencies to ramp up vaccine requirements for employees and associates. Austin ISD reverses a policy announced Friday to allow full capacity at high school football games this fall. UT professors petition for new COVID mitigation from their administrators. The Texas House formally makes quorum - voting restriction legislation leads the restart of business. Curra's Grill finally gets their new Duval location underway, and the Fareground food hall downtown is set to return on September 7. Austin City Limits announces four new tapings, which will be limited to donors for attendance. And meteorologists are watching a low pressure system heading into the Gulf - could eventually threaten the Texas coast.
