County's reported infections surpass earlier grim estimates
EVERETT — COVID-19 infections are surpassing grim estimates made by Snohomish County’s top health official just two weeks ago.
With 10,965 more residents testing positive in the past week, the county’s two-week known-case rate is now at 2,023 per 100,000, according to the Snohomish Health District.
That’s well above the sobering “general forecast” sketched out by health officer Dr. Chris Spitters just before New Year’s. Those earlier “rough estimates” of how effectively the omicron variant could sweep through the county included a peak weekly case count of 6,000, paired with a case rate of about 1,500.
Both have been eclipsed, and both dwarf the level of infection that characterized shutdowns and restrictions earlier in the pandemic.
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