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New Lambda variant could make Oklahoma's COVID situation worse

by Ashley Ellis, KTUL Staff

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APPLE VALLEY, CALIFORNIA: Patients rest in a hallway in the overloaded Emergency Room area at Providence St. Mary Medical Center on January 27, 2021. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)
APPLE VALLEY, CALIFORNIA: Patients rest in a hallway in the overloaded Emergency Room area at Providence St. Mary Medical Center on January 27, 2021. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)
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TULSA, Okla. (KTUL) — The COVID-19 Lambda variant could make an already bad situation even worse in Oklahoma.

The Oklahoma State Department of Health is reporting more than two dozen cases of the new variant since it first showed up in the state in July.

It's already become the dominant strain in several South American countries.

A recent study found it may be resistant to the current vaccines and far more contagious than the Delta variant.

Click here for more information from the OSDH on the coronavirus in Oklahoma.

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