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Omicron present in state, CDC updates protocols as Door County's numbers continue to climb

State health officials are asking you to be extra careful in the coming weeks as people continue to celebrate the holidays.

 

The state has documented 324 cases of Omicron since it was first discovered on December 4th. In comparison, there have been over 2400 cases of the Delta variant in approximately the same time frame. According to the Centers for Disease Control, cough, fatigue or tiredness, and congestion continue to be the main symptoms while the loss of taste and smell seem to be reserved for previous variants. 

 

The new variant comes as Door County’s active COVID-19 cases crossed the 500 mark again ahead of the Christmas holiday. Seventy-three of the 189 tests performed between December 20th and December 23rd came back positive for COVID-19. The number of active cases went up as a result by 40 to 507. The county report, which often lags compared to the state’s data, added another five hospitalizations and two deaths. Forty-one people have died and 185 more have been hospitalized with COVID-19 since the beginning of the pandemic. The climbing numbers have caused Door County’s case activity level to spill over into the critically high category, joining the rest of northeast Wisconsin in that distinction.

 

Only eight people went in for COVID-19 over the Christmas holiday. One person who previously tested positive came back negative, so the number of total positives in the county since the pandemic started actually went down one to 4,327. There was no update for the number of active cases.

 

The CDC updated its protocols for those who test positive for COVID-19 on Monday. The recommended time for isolation was cut in half from 10 days for people with COVID-19 to 5 days, if asymptomatic. It is recommended after coming out of quarantine that people wear a mask for five days when around others. The CDC says the change is motivated by science demonstrating that the majority of COVID-19 transmission occurs early on in the process, generally in the 1-2 days prior to onset of symptoms and the 2-3 days after.

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