As many as 191 cases of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus have now been detected in eight of Wyoming's 23 counties, according to Wyoming Department of Health data.
In the month since the first case of Omicron was reported in Wyoming, the highly contagious COVID-19 variant has spread to seven of the state's 23 counties.
Dr. Mark Dowell, Natrona County Health Officer with Rocky Mountain Infectious Diseases, recently spoke with Mark Hyman of Casper 1 TV about a variety of topics surround COVID-19 and its recent variants.
Of the 22 patients, 20 were not vaccinated, and two were fully vaccinated. But none of the patients in the Intensive Care Unit, on ventilators or who died had been vaccinated
Prime Minister Boris Johnson says that Britain faces a “tidal wave” of infections from the omicron coronavirus variant and he has announced a huge increase in booster vaccinations to strengthen defenses against it.