As mid-February approaches, data from the Alaska Department of Health and Social Services shows the state’s COVID-19 cases are trending down after January’s case count hit record high numbers with more than 62,000 cases reported throughout the month.
In the same Feb. 9 forum, State Public Health Labs Chief Jayme Parker said health officials don’t know of any new variants.
Parker said the BA.2 omicron variant, which state data shows has been found in Alaska, looks to be more transmissible than the version of the omicron variant that is widely circulating in the state. Hospitalizations and deaths are said to be some of the most lagging indicators of the overall COVID-19 trend in a community.
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