Number of new COVID-19 cases peak in Washington, breaking single-day record set last winter
Aweek before the Christmas holiday, state health officials issued a warning: The omicron variant of the coronavirus is spreading throughout Washington at an astonishing speed, they said, and we could soon see another peak in new COVID cases.
They were right.
Data from the state Department of Health shows Washington logged a record-breaking 6,235 new infections on Friday, dwarfing the previous single-day record of 5,526 set in December of last year.
The previous record was set at a time when vaccines weren’t widely available. The idea that Washington could set a new infection record more than year after the U.S. kicked off its vaccination effort is troubling.
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