JACKSON (WNE) — As of last week, The New York Times’ coronavirus dashboard showed Teton County leading the nation in daily COVID-19 case rates.
With a daily average of 539 cases per …
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JACKSON (WNE) — As of last week, The New York Times’ coronavirus dashboard showed Teton County leading the nation in daily COVID-19 case rates.
With a daily average of 539 cases per 100,000 residents as of Jan. 7, Teton County was beating out Miami-Dade, Florida, and New York City with 525 and 472 average daily cases per 100,000, respectively.
Those counts are just one measure of impact, calculated from state and local health agency data reported in the previous seven days, the dashboard states. But they put the region’s hyperbolic surge in perspective.
Infections throughout the nation are spiraling higher than at any other point during the pandemic because of the Omicron variant’s staggering ability to dodge immunization and prior infections. In both Teton County and the U.S. overall, daily case counts are more than double what they were during last winter’s surge.
So far, Wyoming is faring better than its tourist capital, with only 85 cases per 100,000. But that’s still a 352% increase in the past two weeks. The Wyoming Health Department says Omicron is now the most common cause of COVID-19 infections statewide.
Teton County’s current case average represents a 576% increase over two weeks and local health officials don’t anticipate a peak until mid-February.