New Jersey and New York are now seeing the highest U.S. spread of the Omicron variant of the virus that causes COVID-19, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
“In some areas of the country, the estimates of Omicron are even higher, including in New York and New Jersey, where CDC projects that Omicron could represent about 13 percent of all cases,” CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky said during a COVID-19 press briefing on Dec. 15.
