SAN DIEGO - San Diego County could be on the verge of another surge in COVID-19 cases.
Health officials say COVID cases have tripled in the last month, but this week there's more than 1,000 confirmed cases, which are likely linked to travel and other activities from Memorial Day Weekend. Dr. Davey Smith with UC San Diego Health tells reporting partner 10 News he's hopeful it's just a holiday bump but it's likely a much bigger wave.
"I do think that we might be heading into a surge. This new variant, omicron BA.2, is actually super infectious,” Smith said. “So, it doesn’t take many people to get infected who can spread it to other people who get infected.”
Dr. Smith says we're likely to see more waves of COVID cased before it becomes more of a seasonal virus. Despite the wave of new cases, hospitalizations and virus-related deaths remain relatively low at this time.
Here's more from reporting partner 10 News: