Skagit County Public Health had requested the restriction to help ease the stress on our health systems caused by the widespread transmission of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus.
According to Skagit County Public Health, epidemiologists with Washington State Department of Health observe signs that western Washington has likely peaked or plateaued with new Omicron cases in this past week. The coming 2-4 weeks will likely still see significant impact on your staff and families with continued case notifications but the system stress should start to ease, especially in February.