State Health Officer Doctor Joe Kanter says the Omicron surge has peaked in Louisiana, but there’s still a lot of COVID circulating in the state. But Kanter says the number of COVID cases will remain high for the next few weeks.
“Peaking is important, but when you are on the other side of the mountain, you can still be awfully high up off the ground, which is where we are now,” said Kanter.
The Louisiana Health Department reported another 75-hundred new COVID cases today. The highest percentage of new cases is from northwest Louisiana, which is 16-percent. Statewide, nearly 20-percent of the new cases are among those 5 to 17.
Kanter says it will take a few weeks before we see significantly lower number of new daily COVID cases.
“Peaking is good, I’m optimistic, and I’m thankful, but there is still going to be a lot of COVID being spread from person to person.” said Kanter.
Kanter says he’s optimistic the state is heading in the right direction in the fight against the Omicron variant.
“This past week we had on average 1,500 new cases of COVID per 100,000 residents over a week period that down from over 1,800 the week prior,” said Kanter.
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