Utah reports state's first confirmed case of COVID-19 caused by Omicron variant

Utah reported its first confirmed case of COVID-19 caused by the Omicron variant, the U.S. state's health department said on Friday.

"The case was discovered through ongoing genetic sequencing of positive COVID-19 samples at the Utah Public Health Laboratory," the state's health department said on Twitter.

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