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COVID-19 cases rising in Northeast, partly fueled by BA.2, experts say

Monday, April 11 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- As COVID-19 cases continue to tick up in the United States, the Northeast appears to be fueling the increase.Four of the five states with the highest seven-day case rates per 100,000 are in the Northeast. In the 10 states with the...

COVID-19 cases rise in Los Angeles County due to BA.2 variant

Saturday, April 9 by ABC News

(LOS ANGELES) -- COVID-19 cases are rising in Los Angeles County as the BA.2 variant continues to spread throughout the United States.Data from the L.A. County Department of Public Health shows 1,088 new cases of the virus were recorded Thursday with a seven-day rolling average...

Feds halt monoclonal treatment out of omicron subvariant BA.2 concerns

Wednesday, April 6 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- Nationwide distribution of one of the last remaining monoclonal antibody treatments is being paused "effective immediately" since it has shown to be ineffective against the COVID-19 BA.2 subvariant now dominating every region of the country, an internal letter sent Tuesday afternoon from...

Rise of COVID-19 reinfections in England linked to waning immunity and spread of BA.2, experts say

Saturday, April 2 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- As COVID-19 cases continue to rise in England, the country is also experiencing a surge in reinfections.Provisional data shows that, as of the week ending March 20, 2022, laboratory-confirmed reinfections -- two positive tests taken more than 90 days apart -- have...

Omicron subvariant BA.2 now the dominant variant in the US, estimates show

Tuesday, March 29 by ABC News

(ATLANTA) -- The highly contagious omicron subvariant BA.2 is now the dominant COVID-19 strain in the United States, according to data released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Tuesday.As of March 26, BA.2 is projected to account for nearly 55% of...

COVID cases predicted to rise in coming weeks because of new BA.2 variant

Friday, March 18 by ABC News

(ATLANTA) -- Experts fear that COVID-19 cases in the United States will rise in the next few weeks as the new BA.2 variant continues to spread.Data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows BA.2, which is a subvariant of omicron, has been...

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