The BA.2 Omicron subvariant of the CCP virus is being pegged as responsible for causing the vast majority of COVID-19 cases in the United States, according to new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
The data, for the week ending April 9 and released by the federal health agency on April 12, indicates that cases have gone up nearly 10 percent from a week earlier, with Omicron BA.2 now accounting for 85.9 percent of cases nationwide.
The hardest-hit regions are in Northeast states such as New Jersey, New York, and Massachusetts, where the BA.2 subvariant makes up a slightly higher case count amounting to over 90 percent of all infections.
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