((Active COVID 19 Cases updated)....New numbers were released Thursday morning..

COVID information is provided by the County Public Health Department. According to the new numbers, COVID 19 Active Cases change only slightly. There are currently 16 Active Cases of COVID 19 in Imperial County. That is down from the 17 cases reported Tuesday. The cases of the COVID variant Omicron are down to just 2 cases at last report. State COVID 19 Tier Metrics for Imperial County now indicate 1 new case per day per 100,000 population, with a positivity rate of 4.8%. Fatalities attributed to the virus remain at 985 since the pandemic was first reported in Imperial County.