Alex Devoid
Data/Investigative Reporter
About
Alex has been with the Star since June 2019. He previously wrote about the environment for the Arizona Republic and he's a graduate of the University of Arizona.
Hospitals start to allow some healthcare workers with COVID-19 to work as the omicron variant sends cases surging to new heights.Â
More people tested positive for COVID-19 in Arizona on Jan. 3, 2022 than any other day on record. Meanwhile, the omicron variant has established dominance.Â
New weekly COVID-19 cases in Pima County more than doubled recently, rising more than 125% to 5,300 in the last week of December.
Omicron cases already account for a majority of cases across the country, but the highly contagious variant has yet to hit Arizona in the same way.