Omicron BA.2 Variant Now More Than Half Of All Cases In Northeast U.S. – CB
Numbers up to date this morning by the CDC point out that the share of latest Covid instances throughout the USA tied to the much more transmissible BA.2 variant has jumped from 23% in early March to 35% this week. On the constructive facet, meaning the speed of enhance has slowed from two 100% jumps…
Numbers up to date this morning by the CDC point out that the share of latest Covid instances throughout the USA tied to the much more transmissible BA.2 variant has jumped from 23% in early March to 35% this week. On the constructive facet, meaning the speed of enhance has slowed from two 100% jumps over the earlier month to rather less than 50% previously two weeks. However there are parts of the nation which are a lot worse. See map beneath, the place BA.2 is represented in pink.
In a single swath of the Northeast, that features Pennsylvania, New York and New Jersey, BA.2 now accounts from 51% of all new instances in the course of the two-week interval. Within the earlier 14 days, it accounted for a little bit over 38%.
Within the northeastern area comprised of Vermont, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Maine, BA.2 has risen to 55% of all new instances, per the CDC.