MONTPELIER- The number of new COVID-19 cases continues to fall in Vermont and across the country, state officials said Tuesday, and Health Commissioner Dr. Mark Levine said the waning Omicron wave may have hastened an end to the pandemic phase of the virus response. 
“It may seem like we’ve been stuck in the Bill Murray ‘Groundhog Day’ movie, repeating the same day again and again for the last two years,” Levine said.  “But, in fact, we are indeed moving forward.”