Louisiana Confirms Omicron Variant of Virus Found in State
Louisiana’s health department announced it has confirmed the state’s first case of COVID-19 caused by the omicron variant of the coronavirus.
2021-12-07 20:17:22 - VI News Staff
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana's health department announced Sunday that it has confirmed the state's first case of COVID-19 caused by the omicron variant of the coronavirus.
Testing of a probable case of the new variant determined omicron caused the COVID-19 infection in a person who lives in the New Orleans area and recently traveled within the United States, according to the agency.