Elmore County averaging 85 new COVID cases per day
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A Russell Medical Center employee speaks to a person in line for drive-through COVID-19 testing at the Mill Two Eighty in Alexander City, where more than 60 vehicles were lined up Monday morning.

 

 Jake Arthur / The Herald

A total of 605 Elmore County residents tested positive for COVID-19 in the week after Christmas with the omicron variant "spreading like wildfire," according to state health officer Dr. Scott Harris.

As of Jan. 1, an average of 85 Elmore County residents were testing positive each day, according to Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH) data. The increased use of at-home testing kits since the delta variant was at its peak means the figure is likely an underestimate.