

Hochul said Thursday the Javits Anime convention organizers have a complete list of those who attended the two-day event and she expects contact tracing to move along much faster than it would have a year or even six months ago. The fact that more cases are being identified with no travel link to South Africa underscores the increased likelihood community transmission has already begun. New York state sequences only about 3.5% of positive COVID samples for variant isolation, similar to other states - but it means that variants like omicron can circulate widely undetected for some time. Kathy Hochul and other officials, as well as public health leaders, had said it would only be a matter of time before omicron was detected locally - and that window appears to be shortening rapidly. 22 and was tested for COVID two days later, officials said. It's not clear what else he may have done in New York City during his visit, but he developed mild symptoms on Nov. He attended the Anime NYC 2021 convention at the Javits Center from Nov. The Minnesota case is an adult male who lives in Hennepin County and had been vaccinated, officials said. Omicron has yet to be confirmed in the Empire State but as Gov. The news came the same day the state reported 11,300 new positive cases of COVID-19, the highest single-day total since late January, along with new months-long highs in daily deaths and statewide hospitalizations.

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