The Omicron strain of COVID now makes up three per cent of all new US infections, the CDC has warned, as case numbers grew to 189 across 33 states, and the White House warned a ‘large wave’ of the strain is approaching.
Data from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) estimates that around one in 30 new Covid diagnoses are being caused by Omicron, with 97 per cent caused by the Delta strain.
The US only sequences one in five