According to officials, the woman tested positive a day after arriving back in Colorado. The state's Department of Public Health and Environment said the case involves a woman from Arapahoe County who recently traveled to multiple countries in southern Africa. after two cases were confirmed in California and Minnesota. This is not surprising." Colorado reports an omicron case in a resident who traveled to several countries in southern AfricaĮarlier on Thursday, Colorado health officials announced the state's first case of the omicron variant, marking the third confirmed case in the U.S. "We knew it would come to New York state at some point," Hochul said. Hochul told reporters that state health officials identified four cases in the New York City area. on November 25 and tested positive on Tuesday. New York health officials say one of the state's five cases was in a 67-year-old woman with "mild symptoms." The woman had traveled to South Africa and has received at least one dose of vaccine, Hochul said. We knew this variant was coming and we have the tools to stop the spread," Hochul said in a tweet. "Let me be clear: This is not cause for alarm. The New York cases were announced by Governor Kathy Hochul during a joint news conference with New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio.Īccording to health officials, all of the cases are said to be mild, as the individuals are recovering at home. The cases discovered in New York are all 'mild' We need to protect ourselves by getting vaccinated, wearing masks, distancing as best we can and avoiding large crowds," said Health Director Dr.
"This isn't reason for panic, but it is reason for concern.
The individual did not have any history of traveling. The individual is currently isolated at home and has not been hospitalized, State Epidemiologist Dr. They had previously been infected with COVID-19 and was reported to have been unvaccinated. Hawaii became the fifth state in the nation to report a case of the variant, shortly after officials in New York announced that they had identified five confirmed cases in the state.Īccording to Hawaii health officials, the individual is a resident from O'ahu with moderate symptoms. On Thursday, health officials in Colorado, Hawaii, Minnesota and New York all reported new cases of the highly mutated strain of the coronavirus, one day after the first domestic case of the variant was discovered in California. Health officials say multiple cases of the omicron coronavirus variant have been detected in New York.Īt least nine cases of the omicron variant have now been identified in five states across the U.S. Patients wait to receive a COVID-19 vaccine booster shot at a mobile vaccination station on 59th Street below Central Park, Thursday, Dec.