Covid Cases and Tests Increase in Sonoma County

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As the COVID-19 case rate in Sonoma County increases, so does the number of people getting tested. This week, an average of 16-hundred people per day are getting tested countywide, up by 200 from last week. Sonoma County’s case rate is now 14 cases per day per 100-thousand residents. It was at six or seven cases per 100-thousand residents a few weeks ago. It reflects a steady rise in cases nationwide, largely blamed on the BA.2 Omicron subvariant.

KSRO’s News Director Michelle Marques and Larry Olson talked to Sonoma County Health Officer Dr. Sundari Mase on the latest in the pandemic.