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San Francisco health officials warn of steep Omicron surge, urge boosters and expand testing
Summary
DPH Director Grant Colfax told the Health Commission San Francisco is facing an unprecedented Omicron surge with case rates near 100 per 100,000 and test positivity around 17%; officials emphasized boosters, increased testing capacity and operational changes to address staffing shortfalls.
San Francisco health officials warned the Health Commission that the city is in the midst of an unprecedented surge of COVID‑19 driven by the Omicron variant and urged residents to get boosted while DPH expands testing access.
Director of Health Grant Colfax said case rates were "approaching 100 per 100,000" and could rise to 120–130 per 100,000; test positivity stood at about 17.1 percent. He reported that DPH‑supported testing recently reached a single‑day high of more than 12,000 tests and a four‑day average above 11,000, and that DPH has been conducting over 25,000 tests per week. Colfax noted that while vaccination and boosters remain strongly protective against hospitalization, vaccine efficacy against transmission has declined with Omicron,…
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