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Variant found in at least 40 countries has particular genetic traits making it harder to detect, with some scientists worried it could also be more contagious than Omicron
Infections appear to have started to either crest or fall in some parts of the Northeast and mid-Atlantic, but hospitalizations and deaths tend to lag.
California’s healthcare system is expected to face continued stress in coming weeks as the Omicron variant spawns new waves of coronavirus infection.
A preliminary study based on Kaiser Permanente patient records noted substantially reduced risk of severe clinical outcomes in patients who are infected with the Omicron variant compared with Delta.
Scientists are seeing signals that COVID-19"²s alarming omicron wave may have peaked in Britain and is about to do the same in the U.S., at which point