MILWAUKEE — A dozen people from California who attended a wedding in Milwaukee County last weekend have tested positive for COVID-19, and five of them were infected with the newly-identified Omicron variant, the Wisconsin Department of Health Services said Friday night.
The people who were sickened attended a wedding on November 27. DHS said it and Milwaukee’s health department are investigating the outbreak tied to the wedding.
All twelve people who tested positive for COVID-19 are between the ages of 18 and 49, had been vaccinated and are experiencing mild symptoms. Most of them had also received booster shots.
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