||| FROM ANNE PRESSON for ORCAS ISLAND HEALTH CARE DISTRICT |||


This week, Skagit County Health Department received confirmation from the Washington State Department of Health that the Omicron variant has been identified in three Skagit County residents.

Omicron is circulating in our surrounding community, and it is expected that infections from this new variant will continue to increase over the next several weeks.

Please be careful as you approach holiday travel.


 

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