L.A. County is preparing for the anticipated appearance of the newly identified omicron variant of COVID-19, but no immediate changes to the Health Officer Order are anticipated.

Officials say it appears Los Angeles County has passed the peak of the omicron variant surge, but cases of a new subvariant have been detected.

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