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Los Angeles Omicron Cases Have Tripled In One Week, Though Count Still Very Low; Hospitalizations Soaring

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Local cases of the Omicron variant of Covid officially doubled today, as Los Angeles County announced eight additional infections of the virus mutation, while Pasadena health officials verified that city’s first case.The new cases confirmed by the county Department of Public Health brought the number of Omicron cases in that agency’s jurisdiction to 15.

Less than a week ago on December 8, Los Angeles had identified just 4 cases. The first case of the new variant was discovered in L.A.

on December 1.In Britain, where the first known cases date to November 27, officials have warned of a “tidal wave” of infections associated with the variant, the number of which have been doubling every two days, they say. “While Omicron represents over 20% of

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