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Traces of the omicron COVID-19 variant have been found in the wastewater of American cities.
Sewage testing in California – where omicron was first detected in the U.S. at the beginning of the month – found signs of the “variant of concern” in both Sacramento and Merced counties.
No cases have been reported there, KTVU reported Thursday.
The first omicron case in Texas was detected in a Houston woman.
Community spread has also been suspected in Georgia, where the department of public health said it had confirmed a case of the variant in an unvaccinated Atlanta-area resident who had not traveled abroad recently.
Monitoring wastewater helps officials to understand the concentration and spread of the omicron mutation.
In a Thursday interview, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Rochelle Walensky said cases of omicron have been mostly mild so far.
CDC officials said one person was hospitalized, but no deaths have been reported.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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