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City Council Meeting Minutes January 19, 2021 <br />- 12,948 confirmed (12.7%) <br />• Testing by Curative <br />- San Marcos Outlet Malls (Premium side) <br />- Toyota Stadium (Rattler Stadium) <br />- Various additional locations throughout the region <br />• In-house testing of City employees <br />- Abbott Labs rapid test system <br />- Use primarily asymptomatic exposures <br />- Currently administered by Fire Dept. employees with planned expansion <br />Updates to Governor Abbott's Actions <br />• January 12: State Of Texas Establishes Alternate Care Site In Austin To <br />Expand Hospital Capacity <br />- Austin Convention Center opened to provide central Texas with additional <br />hospital beds, medical equipment, and medical personnel to assist the region's <br />response to COVID <br />- Facility has a capacity of 25 beds and can expand to more beds if needed <br />- Partnership between Texas Division of Emergency Management (TDEM), <br />Travis County, <br />the City of Austin, and the Capital Area Trauma Regional Advisory Council <br />• January 14: Texas First State To Administer 1 Million COVID-19 Vaccines <br />- Milestone comes exactly one month to the day after the first doses arrived at <br />vaccine providers in the state on December 14 <br />- Texas has administered more doses than any other state and is near the top in <br />the number of doses distributed per person <br />- Almost 83,000 vaccine doses were administered in Texas on January 15 <br />(source: CDC) <br />- Voluntary vaccination continues for front-line health care workers, residents <br />at nursing homes and assisted living facilities, and Texans over 65 or with a <br />chronic medical condition <br />Vaccination Update <br />• Texas transitioning to mass vaccination hub model <br />• Potential for multiple hubs in Hays County <br />- Hays County Local Health Department <br />- Christus Santa Rosa SM <br />- Seton Hays <br />• Limiting factor remains vaccine availability <br />• Austin Public Health currently the closest hub <br />Council Member Baker expressed concern with the hospitalization rate of <br />City of San Marcos Page 3 <br />