Omicron BA.2 Variant Now More Than Half Of All New Covid Cases Across Large Swath In U.S., Per CDC
deadline.comNumbers updated this morning by the CDC indicate that the percentage of new Covid cases across the United States tied to the even more transmissible BA.2 variant has jumped from 23% in early March to 35% this week.
On the positive side, that means the rate of increase has slowed from two 100% jumps over the previous month to a little less than 50% in the past two weeks.
But there are portions of the country that are much worse. See map below, where BA.2 is represented in pink.In one swath of the Northeast, that includes Pennsylvania, New York and New Jersey, BA.2 now accounts from 51% of all new cases during the two-week period.
In the previous 14 days, it accounted for a little over 38%.In the northeastern region comprised of Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine, BA.2 has risen to 55% of all new cases, per the CDC.New and returning series on broadcast, cable and streamingSeries that made it or didn’t make it in 2020-21Broadcast networks’ fall lineups and schedules
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