Snohomish County turns a corner on omicron, but it's not over
EVERETT — Local health officials say Snohomish County has turned the corner on the current wave of COVID-19 infections. On Tuesday, Health Officer Dr. Chris Spitters said infections will likely rapidly decline in coming weeks.
It’s welcome news after a tough January.
“It felt like an entire year crammed into those 31 days, with COVID infection rates climbing 10-fold from their baseline in December,” Spitters said at a news conference, adding later: “Nature kind of won on this one … the transmissibility of this strain really outstripped the ability of many proven measures to interrupt transmission.”
Preliminary data from the Snohomish Health District show there were 9,123 new cases reported last week. That’s about a one-third decline from peak infections, bringing the county’s two-week case rate down to 2,975 per 100,000 people. Hospitalizations are down to 165 after January’s record high of 230.
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