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.