PA. HEALTH SECRETARY SAYS IT MAY BE WEEKS BEFORE OMICRON PEAK

Pennsylvania’s acting health secretary says it may be weeks before the latest COVID surge peaks in the state.  Keara Klinepeter says there’s about a two-week lag between cases and hospitalizations.  She says that’s why hospitalizations likely won’t top-out until early February.  There are roughly seven-thousand-150 people currently hospitalized with COVID in the state. Klinepeter said vaccinations, not mitigation orders, are the main strategy for fighting COVID-19.