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While countries and communities across the United States and the world may be pulling down their masks in schools and local businesses, but now isn’t really the time to drop their guard with BA.2 variant cases, infections, and deaths on the rise.

If the past two months have taught us anything about Covid-19 and its severe impact around the world, it’s that we aren’t in the clear yet. 

The omicron phase of the Covid-19 pandemic has been on the rise with deaths increasing daily in countries like Hong Kong, mainland China with outbreaks in Shanghai and Shenzhen, and lockdowns in place in South Korea. Countries like Vietnam, Thailand, and Singapore, are also seeing a spike in cases, while in New Zealand and Australia, who had both reported low numbers of positive cases and hospitalizations, are now seeing a major surge of variants.  

From Delta, to Omicron, and the BA.2 omicron, variants are presenting a current challenge and raising concerns about the spreading of Covid-19  in New York and other states, albeit more gradually. Recent data and analysis from coronavirus specialists indicates that New York ranks 12th among US states where the virus is spreading fast on a per-person basis, with 11 US states reporting more cases than their previous week. New York's latest increase, rising to 36% in new Covid-19 cases, comes in the wake of New York reducing their indoor mask mandates for schools, businesses, and restaurants. Wisconsin has the highest seroprevalence – the survey study used to better understand the percentage of people in the United States who have been infected with SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes Covid-19 – with an estimated 56.1% of its population infected by the coronavirus at some point, with Vermont showing the lowest (17.8%).

With a growing number of infections taking shape, the new BA.2 variant appears to be the dominant strain of Covid-19 throughout the Northeast, West, and across the US with about one-in-three Covid-19 now caused by the BA.2 Omicron sub-variant of the coronavirus, according to government data on Tuesday that also showed overall infections still declining from January's record highs. Across the United States, BA.2 makes up 23.1% of all COVID cases in the States compared to 7.1% of all cases the week ending February. 26, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. That may be the case right now, but according to experts a new variant – a rare Delta-Omicron hybrid – could pose a threat in the future with coronavirus cases rising in Asia, Europe, and the US. 

Countries and communities may be pulling down their masks in schools and local businesses, but now isn’t really the time to drop their guard.