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Public Health Authorities Investigating Additional Confirmed Case of COVID-19 Caused by the Omicron Variant

CDC is working with the Minnesota Department of Health and the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to investigate a confirmed case of COVID-19 caused by the Omicron variant.

South Carolina detects first US cases associated with variant first detected in South Africa

CDC is aware that the first US documented cases of the B 1.351 variant of SARS-CoV-2, which was first detected in South Africa, have been identified in South Carolina.