Fast-spreading omicron expected to increase number of COVID-19 cases in Hall - Gainesville Times

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Fast-spreading omicron expected to increase number of COVID-19 cases in Hall

Coronavirus cases at Northeast Georgia Medical Center are expected to increase with the surging Omicron variant. Above, staff work in the COVID critical care unit of the Gainesville hospital Friday, March 12, 2021. - photo by Scott Rogers

03132021 COVID 6.jpg — Coronavirus cases at Northeast Georgia Medical Center are expected to increase with the surging Omicron variant. Above, staff work in the COVID critical care unit of the Gainesville hospital Friday, March 12, 2021. - photo by Scott Rogers

Local health officials were already gearing up for another winter wave of the coronavirus pandemic. Now, the rapid spread of the omicron variant raises even more fears.