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Positivity rates and hospitalizations are increasing in Dallas County, and in Tarrant County, health officials said roughly one in five people are testing positive.
Neighborhood Medical Center in far north Dallas went from testing 200 people on average last week to more than 700 on Wednesday. On Thursday, some of the workers quit due to exhaustion.
New data shows total daily cases in the U.S. from the omicron variant of COVID-19 has exceeded the peak of the delta variant from just a few months ago.
As of Friday afternoon, there haven't been any reported cases in Texas, but Dr. Mark Casanova said to assume the variant is here.
The U.S. has followed suit with the EU in restricting travel from visitors from South African regions and seven other countries.