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Tracking Va riants. Variants Are a Normal Part of Viruses. Viruses change through mutations that create new strains of virus over time. This is a normal process that happens with most viruses. We call these strains variants. Some variants grow and persist in the community while many variants simply fizzle out.
- Fact Sheet: Omicron Variant
The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) is taking...
- Fact Sheet: Omicron Variant
Dec 23, 2021 · Omicron now constitutes 73% of the nation’s coronavirus cases, up from 13% the week before. By Wednesday, there had been 191 confirmed cases associated with the Omicron variant reported to the ...
Dec 27, 2021 · Dec. 27, 2021 Updated 2:51 PM PT. An explosion of new coronavirus cases fueled by the rapidly spreading Omicron variant has triggered a sharp uptick in COVID-19 hospitalizations across California ...
Dec 10, 2021 · Latest updates: Case numbers for new variant rise to 18 in latest tally: A day after reporting 13 cases of the omicron strain in California, state health officials released new figures showing ...
Dec 22, 2021 · Dec. 22, 2021 Updated 3:27 PM PT. The Omicron surge has hit California, with new coronavirus cases climbing rapidly and public health officials in some parts of the state warning that hospitals ...
The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) is taking the following steps to protect Californians against COVID-19 and the Omicron variant: Monitoring for the presence of the variant in California through the California SARS-CoV-2 Whole Genome Sequencing Initiative, known as COVIDNet. This is a public-private partnership that provides ...
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Dec 2, 2021 · First U.S. case of the omicron variant has been reported in California : Coronavirus Updates The individual returned from South Africa on Nov. 22 and had mild symptoms. Cases have been found in ...