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Omicron wave less lethal than delta as it passed through county, officials say

by DERRICK PERKINS
Daily Inter Lake | February 15, 2022 7:00 AM

The surge of the omicron variant of COVID-19 kept health officials busy through January, but proved less deadly than the delta wave locally.

“One thing we noticed with omicron in our community: It has been far less lethal than the delta variant where we lost maybe 50 people from our community,” said Dr...

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