COVID-19 ‘Stealth’ COVID Variant Spreading Faster in NY Than US, CDC Says: What to Know About BA.2 According to the CDC, the “stealth” omicron variant, BA.2, accounts for 39% of COVID circulating in New York and New Jersey right now; that compares with a quarter of new infections nationally By Jennifer Millman • Published 1 hour ago • Updated 30 mins ago <div data-react-component="VideoPlayer" data-meta="{"amp_status":"","spay_email":"","syndicated_id":"","should_nationalize":false,"nbc_first_published_date":"","nbc_prevent_modified_update":false,"nbc_linkout_title":"","nbc_linkout_url":"","nbc_linkout_excerpt_link":"","nbc_primary_category_id":0,"nbc_primary_tag_id":0,"nbc_social_page_title":"","nbc_page_title":"","nbc_seo_description":"","nbc_social_description":"","nbc_national_headline":"","entities":"","nbc_canonical_market":"","nbc_canonical_url":"","nbc_hide_from_recirculation":"","nbc_hide_from_search":"","nbc_syndication_category":"","nbc_national_collections":[],"nopreroll":false,"video_copyright":"NBC Universal, Inc.","sst_source_id":"","nbc_disable_legacy_embeds":false,"nbc_feed_loader_prevent_updates":"","post_video_prompt":"","nbc_checkout_experience_enabled":false,"desktopFlashPid":"","mpx_dfxp_url":"https://media.nbcmiami.com/assets/video/NBCU_LM_VMS_-_WNBC/832/623/15372354399.dfxp","mp4_url":"http://nbclim-download.edgesuite.net/Prod/NBCU_LM_VMS_-_WNBC/832/623/15372354399-1080pnbcstations.mp4","mpx_download_pid":"v9npZ2f9r47Y","mpx_download_pid_high":"VUuEItt3R6Cg","mpx_high_id":"","mpx_high_url":"","mpx_is_livestream":"","mpx_m3upid":"","mpx_pid":"ZBmpbR2dNVs3","mpx_thumbnail_url":"https://media.nbcnewyork.com/2022/03/15372354399-1080pnbcstations.jpg?quality=85&strip=all&resize=850%2C478","pid_streaming_web_high":"gSRYcSQRrZae","pid_streaming_web_medium":"xEnEcgfu45D_","subtitle":"","dfxp_url":"","video_call_letter":"WNBC","video_captions":"THE NTSB SAYS
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