Austin Public Health announced 202 new coronavirus cases in Travis County on Aug. 5, under the seven-day moving average of 262. Additionally, 44 new COVID-19 patients were admitted to hospitals in the Austin area.

Travis County has had 22,024 confirmed cases of the virus, with an estimated 20,059 recoveries. Currently 308 coronavirus patients are hospitalized in the Austin area, with 111 in intensive care units and 70 on ventilators. Some 287 Travis County residents have died from COVID-19.