In February, the first few cases of two new, more infectious variants were identified in the Northeastern United States. Dubbed BA.2.12.1 and BA.2.12.2, these sublineages of the BA.2 variant made u…
released today show that BA.2.12.1, now makes up 36.5% of all newly-sequenced positive Covid tests. That’s a jump of close to 100% in the past two weeks.In the Northeast region defined by New York, New Jersey and Connecticut, where the variant first took hold, it now accounts for 61% of all new cases. Nearby, in the region made up of Delaware, D.C., Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia and West Virginia, the share is 40%.
In the Southwest, which seems to be about 2-3 weeks behind the Northeast in the spread of many recent variants, numbers are much lower. CDC figures indicate that in California, Nevada and Arizona, BA.2.12.1 now accounts for 20% of new cases. Across Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas it is 13.9%. The region defined by Alaska, Oregon, Washington and Idaho has identified the variant in only 12% of its most recent cases.
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