If Omicron Is So Weak, Why Are So Many Coloradans Still Dying From It?

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If Omicron Is So Weak, Why Are So Many Coloradans Still Dying From It?
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A tragic mystery.

The Omicron strain remains dominant in Colorado, accounting for 98.43 percent of all samples sequenced by the state health department during the week of January 23, the most recent for which information is available. However, cases of the Delta variant have been inching up; they represented just .92 percent of cases on January 16, but 1.57 percent on January 23.

Meanwhile, new hospital admissions for COVID-19 have receded, from a seven-day average of 114 on February 7 to just 66 a week later, and the overall number of patients hospitalized for the disease has sunk into the triple digits again.

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