http://www.newsweek.com/which-states-have-omicron-covid-variant-four-reported-saturday-1656236

The Omicron variant of COVID has been detected in at least 17 U.S. states, with several reporting their first cases this weekend.

The first U.S. case was reported in California on December 1 in a traveler who had returned there from South Africa on November 22.