“It is just spreading like wildfire,” Dr. Scott Harris, state health officer, said of the Covid-19 virus last week, referring to the most recent and highly contagious Omicron variant. Nowhere is it spreading faster than in Clarke County which has the dubious distinction of having a higher positivity rate than the state’s average as of Monday, Jan. 10. Neighboring Marengo and Wilcox counties aren’t far behind Clarke. The positivity rate for Clarke County is 43.6%, meaning that percentage of individuals tested for the virus are positive, or better than four in 10 individuals. The state rate, by comparison, is 41.1%....

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