[ad_1] COVID-19 case numbers from the city show a peaking of cases in the last week of January. Credit: City of Berkeley The omicron surge in Berkeley — which began in late December and sent COVID-19 case numbers skyrocketing to levels five times higher than the previous record last January — is now peaking, Berkeley’s […]
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[ad_1] A downtick in COVID-19 cases is raising hopes that the omicron wave has peaked in the United States. To be sure, new case numbers remain high and hospitals are still overwhelmed in many areas. But, especially in the earliest hard-hit states like New York and Massachusetts, cases are clearly declining, and experts say cases […]
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[ad_1] “We’re still concerned about hospitalizations and deaths (particularly among the unvaccinated), since they tend to lag behind cases,” Viray said. If the trajectory of cases continues and new variables aren’t introduced, the Richmond area could see cases diminish through February, Viray added. She noted that the timing of the peak resembles the wave that […]
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